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In a warming world, it’s better to be a small mammal than a bird – Science Magazine
In 100-year record, small mammals burrow to beat the heat, but birds either fly away or die
A cactus mouse hides in the rocks, a strategy that helps many small desert mammals stay cool.
JACK DAYNES
By Elizabeth PennisiFeb. 4, 2021 , 2:00 PM
In the early 1900s, Joseph Grinnell traversed the wilds of California in his Ford Model T truck, meticulously surveying its fauna. Along the Californian coast, he trapped pocket mice and watched condors soar; in the Mojave Desert, his team chronicled American kestrels swooping for insects and caught cactus mice hiding among rocks.
Now, by comparing…
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