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Found some bones in my old sneakers

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I’m assuming that it’s some old chicken wings that wound up in there, but is it possible that it could’ve belonged to a mouse or rat? They were all around 2-3 inches. submitted by /u/mseyni246 [link] [comments]

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Rats help save humans.

4 The Love Of Animals

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. Read more about these amazing rats and the work they are doing by visiting the full article here. Rats help save humans. Sweet, fruity breath could mean diabetes.

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Military Used Pigs in Brain Injury Research

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For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. Tags: rats animal experimentation military pigs. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

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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Evolution of the Multi-Media Bird

10,000 Birds

That for the latter nature went on without them, letting them observe, seems to be proved by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be a big difference in your chance of getting wounded by a small to medium forest mammal if you are hunting them or if you are gathering plant products. Which keep eating rat poison. But I digress.

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Fizzle’s Story

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Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. He’s only about the size of a rat.”. The bite had gone all the way through the flap of skin. I made a mental note to get a tetanus shot. This is ridiculous,” I said, more to myself than my family. But mean as a rattlesnake,” Barb’s sister said.

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