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    Boom town rats - by frog



    Proving that everything has its place in our ecosystem (except perhaps landmines) is this Tanzanian story of rats cleaning up after one of our worst human actions: If you’re looking for evidence of human shortsightedness, you might start with landmines. Popular as an inexpensive tool of warfare, landmines now render land uninhabitable and unusable in [...] read more
    November 18, 2008 9:26 am - 8 Comments
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    Rats prefer organic food - by frog



    Yum, organic baking! According to Mother Earth News, via Ecoscraps: 40 lab rats were offered a choice between organic and conventional biscuits by Swiss and Austrian scientists.  The rats preferred the organic biscuits, which makes you wonder if rats are smarter than humans. Those are some pretty lucky lab rats getting the biscuit tasting job [...] read more
    September 16, 2008 1:27 pm - 4 Comments
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    Rats - by frog



    The international food crisis is having strange effects.  For instance: PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond the reach of poor people, officials said on Wednesday. Things could have been worse, as Freakonomics notes, rats have been fleeing to higher [...] read more
    September 2, 2008 11:09 am - 6 Comments