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Rodents
All rodents have one upper jaw and one lower jaw set of two continuously growing front teeth that must be worn down by gnawing. The order's smallest members are the 2.4 inch/6 centimeter African pygmy mouse and Baluchistan pygmy jerboa. Questions typically refer to the order's laboratory contributions to scientific advances, important representatives, geographic ranges, and environmental roles in seed dispersion and soil food web life.
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a lemming goes to sleep as soon as it gets dark and wakes up as soon as the sun rises. the lemming uses the sun to tell the time.
This really isn't a simple question to answer, as it involves a massive array of data. So massive, in fact, that it has been the subject of debate for centuries up until a few years ago. A final picture was completed, and most of the scientists can now sleep easy at night. Here is the entire hypothesis in full (you might want to sit down for this.)
The fact of the matter is that the dinosaurs were in recline long before the 65.5 million year mark. We have found far fewer dinosaur genera from the K.T. boundary than from, say, 90 million BC. Not only dinosaurs, but just about everything else was in a period of struggle. Where an entire menagerie of pterosaurs- for example- once glided, only one or two species remained. This is believed to be caused by a rare surge in volcanic activity, among other things. The constant threat of poisonous fumes, falling soot, and overcast skies made periods of drought long, birthrates short, and times tough for life here. However, while this did push them, it is unknown whether this would have wiped them out for sure.
What really brought the dynasty to its knees, though, was the coup de grace, the infamous Baptistina asteroid chunk. This six-mile long piece of rock hit the gulf of Mexico with the estimated force of 100 teratons (100 trillion times the force) of TNT. The entire rock layer below it was shattered and blasted in all directions. A cloud of fire and sheer force demolished the open landscape as far away as Canada, and created mega-tsunamis miles high that raced around the globe. Debris from the initial blast rained down from the sky for days. The tectonic plates buckled, sending an upheaval of earthquakes and volcanoes. Wildfires of clearest origin destroyed much of the forest and plant life left.
Whatever survived this still faced the maw of the aftermath. All of the dust, debris, and ash from the previous events hovered over the sky, simply sitting. The planet was launched into a nuclear winter: it grew very cold very fast, and everything was deprived of sunlight for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. All of the plants which the dinosaurs fed off of withered away. The herbivores were starved and died off. The carnivores enjoyed a brief period of plenty, but eventually depleted their source and slowly, but surely, died off as well.
We as humans may be asking ourselves- how did we live while everything around us died. Well, I'll tell you.
I don't know.
With everything that survived the extinction, there was another that defied it.*
It's practically set up so that there's no real formula for who died and who didn't. We do know, though, that by some odd chance, they all weighed less than fifty pounds. We also know that we owe some thanks to the dinosaurs- if they lived, where would we be?...
*Mammals survived because they went underground, but birds couldn't burrow back then. Maybe it was because they were warm-blooded, then? But sharks and crocodiles survived as well. You can take it from here...
A groundhog is a rodent of the Sciuridae family and belongs to the group of marmots. The groundhog can be found in North America and is most common in the northeastern and central area.
Yes, being rodents they kinda automatically nibble on anything put in front of them to figure out what it is, and being wild animals they tend to bite pretty hard. My vole is friendly and unafraid, but still bites hard.
What do you do when you have two hamsters and one dies?
If it dies right after birth she will probably eat it. This is quite normal for a mother hammie to do.
What does it mean when your guinea pig sneezes?
It means that you don't take good care of him, so he got sick, and his body is trying to throw bacterias outside so it can cure itself, but that is not enough, he needs your help for getting better, and the truth is that you will never help him, so he will die in a horrible death, and hunt you for the rest of your life, just because you were to lazy to play with him, an walk him and give him food and water, and give him proper treatment!! I really hope you are happy now!
What does guinea pig mean in latin?
Porcellino d'India is an Italian equivalent of 'guinea pig' in terms of the mammal. The masculine noun 'porcellino'means 'piglet'. The preposition 'di'* means 'of, from'. All together, they're pronounced 'pohr-chehl-LEE-noh DEEN-dyah'.
Cavia is an equivalent, in the sense of the experimental 'guinea pig' to someone or something. It's a feminine noun whose definite article is 'la' ['the'], and whose indefinite article is 'una' ['a, one']. It's pronounced 'KAH-vee-ah'.
*The vowel 'i' of 'di' drops before a noun that begins with a vowel. The temporary nature of the drop is indicated by an apostrophe: 'd'India'.
A rodent is an animal with two sharp, constantly growing incisors. These teeth are kept short by gnawing. Rodents include rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils. They are mostly very small, although the biggest rodent is the capybara, which can grow to up to 4.3 feet. Canine ancestors may be a rodent or rodent related.
How old does a guinea pig need to be before feeding fruits and vegetables?
I think that some are different then others but they should be eating by 4-6 weeks I'm pretty sure.
yes they can eat both water cress and land cress it is high in calcium you should limit amounts
Yes they do. The colony is 'ruled' by a Queen. The other ants are specialists in one task (for example soldier or worker).
What is the opposite of a rodent?
There isn't really such a thing as the "opposite of" a rodent. A rodent is a classification of a type of animal so in some ways a plant might be the opposite, or an animal that was very different (like a fish?), but there are lots of ways of being different. Opposites exist when things are either-or, not if there are a lot of possiblilities.
Frogs are amphibious, they can live in, or out of water.
What are the adaptations of rodents?
Well, if it was a large predator for instance like an owl then it would probably need to have a keen sense fo vision to spot the mouse or if failing that then another way to find it like trying to hear it. Randomn fact: an owl can hear a mouses heartbeat over nine metres away. Another adaptation would be camoflague to be able to sneak up on the mouse undetected or failing that super quick movements so the mouse wouldn't be able to escape.
Sorry about this but I had a lot of time on my hand.
Where do lemmings get their energy?
Some Jaguar's, Cheetah's, Ermine, Fox, many Reptiles, and larger animals.
Yes, some birds store food. They tuck seeds or dried berries or acorns into crevices of tree bark or under logs or stones. And they remember where it is with great accuracy!
Birds such as bluejays, chickadees, nuthatches and woodpeckers rely on this to provide food in the winter.
The shrike is famous for leaving the carcass of a grasshopper or small rodent impaled on a thorn of a hawthorn tree as temporary storage.
What is the life span of a vole in captivity?
Im not sure but i know a vole is a type of rodent so maybe its how long it lives>
How many babies does a lemming have?
Ring-tailed lemurs typically have one or two offspring at a time. In the wild, when food is scarce, they typically have one offspring. However, when food is plentiful, the females often give birth to two.
What rodent name has 9 letters?
Opossum has 7 letters in it. But the "o" is not pronounced(I mean, uh, said?).
