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Tiny shrews found thriving on Marine Corps training base
Original: North America’s tiniest mammals are living at a Marine Corps training area. That’s good.
North America's smallest mammals — shrews — are living on a US Marine Corps training area, according to Popular Science. The discovery is being framed as good news, suggesting that restricted military land can double as de facto wildlife habitat, offering undisturbed space for species that struggle elsewhere.
Why now: The surprise that an active military training ground is sheltering threatened small mammals has caught attention.
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- North America’s tiniest mammals are living at a Marine Corps training area. That’s good. · Popular Science
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