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 Mice like these could stop the inayofuata airport terrorist!
Mice like these could stop the next airport terrorist!
Anyone who grew up kusoma the original Dr Dolittle stories knows that mice aren't limited kwa their small size.

In Hugh Lofting's Dr Dolittle novels, mice taught themselves to read, ran 'mice sized' shops and (often once a novel) rescued their human friends.

Now studies have found: MICE CAN SNIFF FOR BOMBS WITH A 100% ACCURACY RATE!

Researchers put mice in a carefully designed 'walk through arch'. Mice could 'sniff' anyone who passed through the arch. If the mice smelt explosives, the mice reacted as though they smelt a cat! They ran from one chamber to another - thus setting off a special alarm to alert the human 'operator' that a bomb was detected.

The researchers hope that mice could be utilised in airports and other mass transit areas - as an alternative to 'body scans' and as a compliment to existing teams of sniffer dogs.

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 The rare oldfield panya, kipanya - rediscovered in North Carolina
The rare oldfield mouse - rediscovered in North Carolina
This makala is reproduced verbatium - it was written kwa B. Henderson 15/3/2011.

"Biology student Rob Gilson found a critter so rare it hadn't been seen in Mecklenburg County [USA] since 1968.

"A palm-sized oldfield panya, kipanya succumbed to Gilson's lure of sunflower seeds and was trapped at Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge on Feb. 20.

"North Carolina marks the northern edge of the mouse's range. It has been documented in the state only three times, and North Carolina lists it as a species of special concern.

"'It's almost like the ivory-billed woodpecker for our region', alisema Lenny Lampel, a Mecklenburg...
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Extracts from makala written kwa Claire Williams and published in 'Yours' Mag UK cDec 2010

"The sight of a sleepy little dormouse curled up into a tight ball of golden fur, manyoya may sadly become a thing of the past. The common au hazel dormouse... is in decline and rapidly becoming endangered.

"According to a survey last mwaka [by]... The People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), the number of dormice in the UK has fallen kwa 39% since 1992, making it vulnerable to extinction.

"One complicating factor is that because dormice are small and rare it's very hard to count them. Typically they live in...
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