Cry of the Mouse
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charisstomaaislingcastilla posted this and IT IS too cute not to share. Weremouse or little mouse that thinks it's a wolf/tiger..woger umm tilf.
Well they have another name, grasshopper mice and they live in the North American prairies and deserts.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/mouse-howls-like-a-wolf-bites-like-a-tiger/
Before crunching into its prey, the grasshopper mouse howls. The sound is a high, sustained whistle which pierces the desert night. It is as if the rodent is imitating a wolf at miniature scale – the grasshopper mouse even stands on its hind legs and throws its head back during the shrill call. And while the rodent may cry spontaneously or emit the sound as a warning when it spots another of its kind, the grasshopper mouse regularly howls just before a kill.
The three species of grasshopper mice – all members of the genus Onychomys – are among the most carnivorous of all rodents. These are not adorable grain-eaters. Grasshopper mice are agile little predators which regularly take on prey as large, if not larger, than themselves. Insects, scorpions, lizards, and other mice make up about ninety percent of a grasshopper mouse’s diet. And, like other carnivores, they roam relatively large territories but have low population densities – a swath of habitat can only support so many hunters.
Well they have another name, grasshopper mice and they live in the North American prairies and deserts.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/mouse-howls-like-a-wolf-bites-like-a-tiger/
Before crunching into its prey, the grasshopper mouse howls. The sound is a high, sustained whistle which pierces the desert night. It is as if the rodent is imitating a wolf at miniature scale – the grasshopper mouse even stands on its hind legs and throws its head back during the shrill call. And while the rodent may cry spontaneously or emit the sound as a warning when it spots another of its kind, the grasshopper mouse regularly howls just before a kill.
The three species of grasshopper mice – all members of the genus Onychomys – are among the most carnivorous of all rodents. These are not adorable grain-eaters. Grasshopper mice are agile little predators which regularly take on prey as large, if not larger, than themselves. Insects, scorpions, lizards, and other mice make up about ninety percent of a grasshopper mouse’s diet. And, like other carnivores, they roam relatively large territories but have low population densities – a swath of habitat can only support so many hunters.
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Date: 2012-02-22 07:02 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-02-23 11:05 am (UTC)But haven't you discovered the invincible nature of plunnies yet?
*watches as scruffy plunny lops over to free pals of cage and organises a march*
*spots a penitant grasshopper mouse, joining in*
*Hope's Charis is prepared!* o.O
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Date: 2012-02-22 07:03 pm (UTC)They both howl just before a kill *waggles eyebrows* can you imagine what the neighbours would say *giggles* No sex unless it's in the outback *giggles again*
*puts bow on plunny and sends it to your house via GPS* off you go honey *pats*
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Date: 2012-02-22 11:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-23 02:01 am (UTC)Write it.
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Date: 2012-02-23 12:58 pm (UTC)I think I set the GPS to the wrong side of the world @_@ woops
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Date: 2012-02-23 02:00 am (UTC)That's an interesting story plotline you have there. Plunny got you, huh. Far be it from me to get between an author and her plunny. Write it. *grins*
*sets GPS as return trip, to sender*
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