Word: rodent
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...nine years, I quickly made the dash from Leverett to meet my group in Mather. With my right eye squeezed shut and one hand blocking my face as I turned it away from the sun’s reach, I felt like a rat or some other nocturnal rodent scurrying painfully into the shock of broad daylight...
...feed themselves, the soldiers aimed for macaws with their slingshots. They killed borugos, a kind of Amazon rodent that looks like a cross between a squirrel and a rat and is a popular source of jungle protein. They also bagged monkeys, which they would stew for hours before braising over a fire in an attempt to cook away the gamey taste. But the meat was stringy and tough and as they gnawed on the primates' tiny arms and legs, some of the soldiers felt like they were eating their young. Others couldn't keep anything down. Now, drifting...
...wonder, what is a firebat? Ehrlich classifies these mysterious creatures on his blog as “Iberian, heat-seeking, airborne rodent[s].” But the animals carry great meaning in the city as well. Valencia is famous for the festival of Las Falles, or “the fires,” a wild, five-day celebration of St. Joseph. Bats, on the other hand, are a part of Valencia folklore, because, according to Ehrlich, they would fly off and warn the city when an enemy was approaching...