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Rats help save humans.

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Long before CAT scans, X-rays, blood samples and colonoscopies, physicians used the good sense they were born with: their sense of smell. A foul-smelling wound might spell an infection. Recently, another powerful little nose has joined the diagnostic force: that of the African giant pouched rat. Rats help save humans.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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I went into a cage of young Great Horned Owls one night carrying thawed rats,” said Linda Hufford. “I When I threw my arms out for balance it apparently set off a life-like movement of rats, which one of the GHOs couldn’t resist. “I had the snot bitten out of my thumb by a squirrel who didn’t want a bath,” said Shannon Keith. “I

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Fizzle’s Story

4 The Love Of Animals

Although I adore my own cats, I had not realized what an important role animals can play as life draws to a close. Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. He’s only about the size of a rat.”. Hi, I’m Debra Stang , author of Hospice Tails and guest writer for today’s blog.

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