Geraldine McCaughrean

My brother, whom I adored, typed out a children's book illustrated by himself... at the age of 14. My sister, with whom I always shared a double bed, had that effortless superiority of someone six years older and anxious to show it. But we were each as shy as voles. It seemed safer to keep to each other's company.

British Novelist

Real voles live underground, which differentiates them from other rodents you might see more often, like squirrels.

Habitat Clue

While 'vole' sounds like 'mole' or 'rat', voles are not typically considered pests and have less negative connotations.

Not a Pest

Voles are often confused with mice but can be distinguished by their shorter tails, small eyes, and hidden ears.

Appearance Matter

In card games, 'vole' is specific jargon and understanding it shows familiarity with gaming terminology.

Card Game Jargon

Scoring a vole is unusual and typically indicates a landslide victory, so it's an exciting moment in gameplay.

Rare Event

Achieving a vole often requires skill and strategy, making it a respected play among gamers.

Strategy Significance

 ours are not just design for animals to come and drink there is lot of things which has to be considered for example there has to be available cover for in case if the Predators wants to hide that is very much important so if you can check here the water vole does have some hiding areas for the Predators to be

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 and just how important these little mammals are so tell us a little bit about the work you do here with the water bowls so we breed the water voles we'll go on to different sites and we'll trap them if they're trying to do construction work and obviously the waterfalls aren't allowed to be there anymore

Saving Water Voles From...

 were perfect because nobody was thinking about them and now danielle has studied rodents for more than two decades that includes field mice prairie voles and the african pouched rat a species that lives in sub-saharan africa african pouched rats are among the world's largest rodents they can grow as

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 but lately they've discovered that certain animals could be much better at reading and reacting to the emotional states of others than we previously thought prairie voles which live in bonded pairs will go to great lengths to groom and nurture a mate that's showing signs of stress

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 It might just be a simple hormone or something that could do this. It's been done in voles. You can engineer a prairie vole to become monogamous when it's naturally polygamous. It's just a single gene. Might be more complicated in humans, but perhaps not that much.

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 working with them she hopes that Borneo's orangutangs might avoid extinction or vole owner has been around long enough to know that not every story has a happy ending sadly after his terrifying fall Samanta was lost his fight for life we did

Search and Rescue, Part...

 When it comes to size, it's often, but not always, the case that larger species have a longer lifespan than smaller ones. For instance, an elephant or whale will live much longer than a mouse, rat, or vole,

Why do animals have such...

 perception and imagination his brain is producing that inner experienced image of the world it can be a little story a little film a little we can see persons or objects vole invaders

Inside the Tripper's...

 this time the vole escapes finally into the field to put training into practice they go into the outside world with skills that basic instinct can't provide

Raising Cute 'Killer'...

 prairie voles are among the most doting mammals on earth like some humans males and female prairie voles formed lifelong