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Article: Remarkable rats: "... most [of these Filipino rodents] look nothing like anyone's typical image of a rat. They range from large, furry, long-tailed leaf-eaters to tiny, mouse-like creatures that feed on soft-bodied soil invertebrates.".(Focus on Nature)
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- USA TODAY
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- January 1, 2005
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BIOLOGISTS are an odd lot--we often get intensely excited about things that leave other people shaking their heads. Who else would spend a couple of months each year in remote tropical mountain ranges, eagerly racing through a fog-shrouded forest at dawn to see what beautiful rats were caught in their traps overnight?
"Come again?" you might ask. "Did you say 'beautiful rats?' They're filthy disease-carrying rodents! Surely you mean beautiful birds or butterflies!" Not so, as the rats of the Philippines are marvelous, a superb example of how biological diversity is produced. There are at least 60 species, 58 of which live in no other country, and most look ...
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Article: NEW BIRD SPECIES DISCOVERED IN PHILIPPINES
United Press International;
August 17, 2004 ;
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... ... International 08-17-2004 New bird species discovered in Philippines CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug 17, 2004 ... Filipino researchers have found a new bird species on a remote island in the northern Philippines, which is a relative to the familiar ...
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