Rodent
noun
A small mammal that is characterized by continuously growing incisors in both upper and lower jaws, like mice, squirrels, or beavers.
Mice and rats are the most common types of rodents.
Often appears as...
- pest rodent
- large rodent
noun
A small mammal that is characterized by continuously growing incisors in both upper and lower jaws, like mice, squirrels, or beavers.
Mice and rats are the most common types of rodents.
Often appears as...
- pest rodent
- large rodent
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Pro Tip 1/3Common Pests
Rodents are often referred to as pests due to their habits of invading homes and farms.
We called pest control to remove the rodents from our attic.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Perception
The term 'rodent' may imply small size, but some, like capybaras, are quite large.
Despite their name, giant rodents can weigh as much as a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Traits
Rodents are known for their gnawing behavior, which is how they maintain their teeth.
The rodent kept gnawing on the wooden furniture.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Pests
Rodents are often referred to as pests due to their habits of invading homes and farms.
We called pest control to remove the rodents from our attic.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Perception
The term 'rodent' may imply small size, but some, like capybaras, are quite large.
Despite their name, giant rodents can weigh as much as a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Traits
Rodents are known for their gnawing behavior, which is how they maintain their teeth.
The rodent kept gnawing on the wooden furniture.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Pests
Rodents are often referred to as pests due to their habits of invading homes and farms.
We called pest control to remove the rodents from our attic.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Perception
The term 'rodent' may imply small size, but some, like capybaras, are quite large.
Despite their name, giant rodents can weigh as much as a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavioral Traits
Rodents are known for their gnawing behavior, which is how they maintain their teeth.
The rodent kept gnawing on the wooden furniture.
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The surprising science...
and these alpha males who are good at this, they can be very effective at keeping the peace in the group. And the second thing they do is they show empathy for others. Now, I do an enormous amount of research on empathy, and I don't have time to go into it, but empathy is nowadays a topic that we study in rodents and dogs
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Is there a disease that...
Regardless, toxoplasma has definitely benefited from humans to become one of the world's most successful parasites. It's not just our willingness to let cats on our dining room tables or in our beds. Raising livestock and building cities which attract rodents
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How parasites change...
that needs both cats and rodents to complete its life cycle. When a rat gets infected by eating cat feces, the parasite changes chemical levels in the rat's brain, making it less cautious around the hungry felines, maybe even attracted to them.
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Do we really need...
unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply. They've become an essential part of our food system. As populations have grown, monoculture, single crop farming, has helped us feed people efficiently.
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Plague 101 PIPE National...
it also helped drive crucial scientific and social progress. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It mainly affects rodents, and spreads by way of insects. Because of these insect carriers,
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Finding landmines using...
in the future we could be breeding an entirely new breed of domestic service animal rodents but the problem is they're incredibly hard to breed in captivity right now this research will tell us more about their breeding
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What would happen if...
but in largely unsurprising ways. Leaks, mold, bug and rodent infestations - all the usual enemies of the homeowner- now go uncontested. Within 75 years, most houses' supporting beams have rotted and sagged,
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Rodent Roommates PIPE...
Here surrounded by buildings, there are still a lot of places for wildlife, like nuisance rodents, to find a perfect place to live and make a living.
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Cuba's Animal Underworld...
cuba's caves are home to a much rarer mammal than the bat the houthia a rodent the size of a small
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World’s Grumpiest Cat I...
world nonetheless to keep warm he must catch up to five rodents a day
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The surprising science...
and these alpha males who are good at this, they can be very effective at keeping the peace in the group. And the second thing they do is they show empathy for others. Now, I do an enormous amount of research on empathy, and I don't have time to go into it, but empathy is nowadays a topic that we study in rodents and dogs
Video examples
Is there a disease that...
Regardless, toxoplasma has definitely benefited from humans to become one of the world's most successful parasites. It's not just our willingness to let cats on our dining room tables or in our beds. Raising livestock and building cities which attract rodents
Video examples
How parasites change...
that needs both cats and rodents to complete its life cycle. When a rat gets infected by eating cat feces, the parasite changes chemical levels in the rat's brain, making it less cautious around the hungry felines, maybe even attracted to them.
Video examples
Do we really need...
unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply. They've become an essential part of our food system. As populations have grown, monoculture, single crop farming, has helped us feed people efficiently.
Video examples
Plague 101 PIPE National...
it also helped drive crucial scientific and social progress. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It mainly affects rodents, and spreads by way of insects. Because of these insect carriers,
Video examples
Finding landmines using...
in the future we could be breeding an entirely new breed of domestic service animal rodents but the problem is they're incredibly hard to breed in captivity right now this research will tell us more about their breeding
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What would happen if...
but in largely unsurprising ways. Leaks, mold, bug and rodent infestations - all the usual enemies of the homeowner- now go uncontested. Within 75 years, most houses' supporting beams have rotted and sagged,
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Rodent Roommates PIPE...
Here surrounded by buildings, there are still a lot of places for wildlife, like nuisance rodents, to find a perfect place to live and make a living.
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Cuba's Animal Underworld...
cuba's caves are home to a much rarer mammal than the bat the houthia a rodent the size of a small
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World’s Grumpiest Cat I...
world nonetheless to keep warm he must catch up to five rodents a day
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Christine Leunens
New Zealander Novelist
Then it's very easy to point fingers at other people and use this kind of rhetoric, infestation and comparing people to rodents, insects, showing them as very undesirable people - not people who feel the same, who care about their families too, no, but as people who are different and less human, to dehumanize them.
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Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
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Mitt Romney
American Politician
I've always been a rodent and rabbit hunter - small varmints, if you will. I began when I was 15 or so, and I have hunted those kinds of varmints since then.
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Joan Jett
American Musician
I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.
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Julia Garner
American Actress
I hate rodents. I cannot stand rodents. I couldn't even watch 'Ratatouille,' which is an animated film.
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Zoya Akhtar
Indian Director
I have a phobia. I have a serious phobia of rodents. I don't even like white mice, hamsters.
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Anthony Bourdain
American Author
I'm not looking to freak people out - eating rodents or bugs. I don't do that anymore.
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Preston Manning
Canadian Politician
Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.
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Julian Clary
English Comedian
Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes.
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La La Anthony
American Entertainer
I'm terrified of mice or any type of rodent.
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Christine Leunens
New Zealander Novelist
Then it's very easy to point fingers at other people and use this kind of rhetoric, infestation and comparing people to rodents, insects, showing them as very undesirable people - not people who feel the same, who care about their families too, no, but as people who are different and less human, to dehumanize them.
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Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
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Mitt Romney
American Politician
I've always been a rodent and rabbit hunter - small varmints, if you will. I began when I was 15 or so, and I have hunted those kinds of varmints since then.
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Joan Jett
American Musician
I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.
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Julia Garner
American Actress
I hate rodents. I cannot stand rodents. I couldn't even watch 'Ratatouille,' which is an animated film.
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Zoya Akhtar
Indian Director
I have a phobia. I have a serious phobia of rodents. I don't even like white mice, hamsters.
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Anthony Bourdain
American Author
I'm not looking to freak people out - eating rodents or bugs. I don't do that anymore.
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Preston Manning
Canadian Politician
Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.
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Julian Clary
English Comedian
Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes.
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La La Anthony
American Entertainer
I'm terrified of mice or any type of rodent.
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