Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad
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Jul-29-2007 10:10
In 1998, researchers found a new mosquito species in the London Underground, descended from ancestors that flew in when the tunnels were dug 100 years ago. Once bird-feeders, they now feast on a menu of rats, mice, and people.
They rarely interbreed with their aboveground colleagues. Their DNA actually varies from one subway line to another.
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crunchpatty
Old Shoe
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Jan-31-2008 23:35
Kinda gross, if, say, you're a sushi chef (because, ugh, what's grosser than having your nice clean cutting board turned into the fertility clinic of the seas?) - but also kinda promising -if, say, you're pretty sure your babydaddy is a starfish but you can't remember how many starfish you hooked up with 9 months ago. S'what you get for living on a reef.
Healthy adult mice have a vertical leap as high as 45 centimetres. That's pretty impressive. However, all things are relative, and fleas can jump as far as 13 inches, which is approximately 200 times the length of their own bodies.
This has been your daily lesson in vermin bouncing.
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