March 5, 2008
· Filed under Join In With The Fun, Marsuipual, Mole, Rodents, World Records 2006, World records 2007
The fastest eater amongst mammals is the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Research published in February 2005 by Dr Kenneth Catania (USA) at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA, recorded an average ‘handling time’ of 230 milliseconds with the fastest time being 120 milliseconds.

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July 3, 2007
· Filed under Animal Jokes and Poems, Rodents
Q: What do you get when you cross a mouse with a snake?
A: A full snake!
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March 22, 2007
· Filed under Rodents
The small mammal can be found near rivers, streams, and small shelter-able grass and reed covered peaks, they are largely populated in private areas in the UK (Britain).
Water Voles (Water Rat) weigh up to 5 pounds And able to eat twice it’s own weight!!!, They are twenty to thirty centimeters high (20-30cm when stood) and are fifteen to twenty centimeters long (15-20cm) these scruffy little rodents eat grass, reeds, occasionally fruit, insects, Twigs, and in woods forests surprisingly, grass snakes, these rodents are related to their mammal cousins, Rats, Mice, Gerbil and Hamster and other Rodentia species (Rodent).
Did You Know
Water Vole’s make small burrows like their cousins the Beaver were they can hide from predators, near the river in their grassy shelter’s the Water Vole can eat and sleep.
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