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Leaping Foxes

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If however you are a larger “mouse”-like rodent you are a rat. In German, if you are a rodent and you are smaller than – say – a human hand, you’re a mouse. You’re not a vole or a gerbil. No “gophers” etc. “I may be a Bank Vole or I may be something else, but I most definitely am a mouse!

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Seizures In Dogs: Could Your Dog Have A Seizure?

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Along with breeds susceptible to low blood sugar that may cause seizures, puppies of any breed are also prone to the condition. Distemper is a common cause of seizures in dogs, especially puppies. The genetic causal conditions may involve a high ammonia level in the body or low blood sugar. Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia).

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Wildlife Rehabber Misidentification

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And once I took in three pit bull puppies that turned out to be squirrels.”. “I I got a sewer rat a lady thought was a baby opossum,” chimed in Charis Palmer. “A “I had a cockatoo, a vulture, a Snowy Owl , and various hawks that all turned out to be pigeons,” wrote Joanne Cina-Dreeben.

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