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Rats! New rodent species that doesn't chew, lives on earthworms discovered...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A unique new species of rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been discovered in Indonesia. The shrew-like...

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>Rat that doesn't gnaw discovered in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A unique new species of rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been discovered in...

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Eeewww! Newly discovered rat has no back teeth

A newly discovered rat in the Philippines doesn't have any molars, making it the only known rodent in the world without back teeth. The long-snouted fuzzball has been dubbed Paucidentomys vermidax....

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Introducing the rat that doesn't bite ... it's a cute little sucker

The world's first known gummy-mouthed rat - which sucks on worms to survive rather than gnawing on everything in sight - has been discovered in a remote rainforest in Indonesia. Scientists spent two...

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Rat that doesn't bite is a cute little sucker

The world's first known gummy-mouthed rat - which sucks on worms to survive rather than gnawing on everything in sight - has been discovered in a remote rainforest in Indonesia. Scientists spent two...

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Almost toothless rodent survives on soft prey

CHEW over this evolutionary story. Rodents, which account for nearly 40 per cent of living mammal species, owe much of their success to their teeth - yet one rodent has got rid of most of its...

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Rat that doesn’t gnaw discovered in Indonesia

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (AP) - A unique new species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn’t chew or gnaw has been discovered in Indonesia, research suggests. The shrew-like animal with...

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Shrew like rat species lives off earthworms

London: A new shrew like rat species, unearthed in a remote rainforest, cannot chew or gnaw but lives exclusively on earthworms. The species Paucidentomys vermidax, found in the remote rainforest on...

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Unique rat species discovered

Rodents are known for their sharp teeth but scientists have now discovered a new species of rat that cannot gnaw or chew and live off only on earthworms. The species Paucidentomys vermidax found on...

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Species of rat that doesn’t gnaw discovered

A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn’t chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia. The...

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Rats! New rodent species that doesn’t chew, lives on earthworms discovered...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn’t chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia. The shrew-like animal with a long, pointed snout was...

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New Rat Species With 'Fangs' Found In Forest

Tweet An unusual species of rat that cannot gnaw or chew has been discovered, which scientists say is a new step in rodent evolution. The rodent, called paucidentomys vermidax, has fang-like upper...

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Hamilton researcher discovers nearly toothless rat

A McMaster University biologist has found an odd new species — a nearly toothless rat — in a remote Indonesian rainforest. Jacob Esselstyn was doing research on the island of Sulawesi when he came...

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Rat that doesn’t gnaw discovered in Indonesia

Updated: August 23, 2012 8:40AM JAKARTA, Indonesia — A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn’t chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia. The shrew-like animal with a...

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No Gnawing! New Rat Without Molars Discovered

A newly discovered rat in the Philippines doesn't have any molars, making it the only known rodent in the world without back teeth. The long-snouted fuzzball has been dubbed Paucidentomys vermidax....

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Near-toothless rat found in Indonesian rainforest

A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and does not chew or gnaw has been discovered in Indonesia. The shrew-like animal with a long, pointed snout was described online in...

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Near-toothless rodent species discovered in Indonesia

A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia. The shrew-like animal with a long, pointed snout was described online in this...

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Rat that doesn't gnaw discovered in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia. This undated photo released by Museum Victoria shows a...

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Paucidentomys Vermidax, Rat That Doesn't Gnaw, Discovered In Indonesia

This undated photo released by Museum Victoria shows a Paucidentomys vermidax, a new species of rat, that was found in the forests of southern Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, in 2011. The unique rat that...

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Toothless rat that doesn't chew or gnaw discovered in Indonesia

A Paucidentomys vermidax, a new species of rat, that was found in the forests of southern Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, in 2011. The unique rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw is the...

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