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Recent Examples of muskrat
Their diet includes muskrats, a primary predator of freshwater mussels, which are now confirmed to carry radium.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
Anchored to what is called a seawall, a wetland ecosystem for a diverse range of wildlife — including beavers, muskrats, snapping turtles and all types of insects, bats, and fish — has been created by mostly volunteers.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
The eagle looked right at us before resuming its aerial assessment, hooked yellow beak ready to snag a muskrat or bluegill from the ponds below.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
Anchored to what is called a seawall, a wetland ecosystem for a diverse range of wildlife — including beavers, muskrats, snapping turtles and all types of insects, bats, and fish — has been created by mostly volunteers.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
The eagle looked right at us before resuming its aerial assessment, hooked yellow beak ready to snag a muskrat or bluegill from the ponds below.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muskrat
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Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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Playing a beaver named Nibbles, comedian Fortune Feister was also reported to be lending her voice around the time of D23.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2025
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An alert bystander who noticed a raccoon with its head stuck in a storm drain grate later assisted police with its rescue using two laundry pods, Massachusetts cops reported.—
Don Sweeney,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Help keep predators like cats and raccoons away by adding a metal baffle or predator guard under the house.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2025
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Adding social services, mental health services and job training would go a long way toward helping far more people than banning mink coats.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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Out stepped the Queen of Soul in a full-length mink coat.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2025
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Next, peruse Auntie Q’s diverse array of vintage items and collectibles–from glassware and toys to restored cast-iron cooking pieces – and don’t leave without a Sand Mountain Beach Club T-shirt sporting a mischievous racoon and snarky sayings.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
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Marvel Rocket and Baby Groot Minifigure Recreate some of Rocket’s adventures from Guardians of the Galaxy with this buildable and poseable figure of the beloved racoon.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Other offerings include pig feet, pig ears, pig tails, frozen rabbits, quails, frozen sardines, black swordfish and octopus, many of which mainly come from Europe.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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Among those, there were only four rabbit strikes reported, including one at the Denver International Airport, according to the FAA.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2025
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On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Also the forests are vital for the other creatures living there—native brook trout and a rare mammal called a fisher, which is related to weasels and otters.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The next few weeks may be a crucial test of the honey badgers’ resilience.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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This previous label, which debuted on the 2010 vintages, featured Hamel Family Wines in cursive and an image of a badger.—
Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, marten populations shot up and the researchers began to see their scat in new areas.—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Journal Sentinel,
5 July 2024
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This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
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“Muskrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muskrat. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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