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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2004-04-28 11:33 am

Watervoles

Water voles are small and cute and the fastest declining British mammal.
I am none of the above, though I'll take cute if offered...
Water voles live in riverbanks; they are vegetarian and although Ratty from Wind in the Willows was a water vole, it's important to realise that water voles are not rats.
Threats to water voles include:
Mink
Loss of habitat
Water pollution
Being killed by people who can't tell them apart from rats.

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