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  2. Autocannibalism - Wikipedia

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    This has been used as evidence that the purpose of brain and nervous tissue is primarily to produce movement. Self-cannibalism behaviour has been documented in North American rat snakes: one captive snake attempted to consume itself twice, dying in the second attempt. Another wild rat snake was found having swallowed about two-thirds of its ...

  3. List of feeding behaviours - Wikipedia

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    Circular dendrogram of feeding behaviours A mosquito drinking blood (hematophagy) from a human (note the droplet of plasma being expelled as a waste) A rosy boa eating a mouse whole A red kangaroo eating grass The robberfly is an insectivore, shown here having grabbed a leaf beetle An American robin eating a worm Hummingbirds primarily drink nectar A krill filter feeding A Myrmicaria brunnea ...

  4. Autophagy - Wikipedia

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    Autophagy was first observed by Keith R. Porter and his student Thomas Ashford at the Rockefeller Institute.In January 1962 they reported an increased number of lysosomes in rat liver cells after the addition of glucagon, and that some displaced lysosomes towards the centre of the cell contained other cell organelles such as mitochondria.

  5. The 'Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' Book Vs. Film Showdown - AOL

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    Here's what 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" film left out from the book.

  6. List of books and articles about rats - Wikipedia

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    The Story of Rats: Their Impact on Us, and Our Impact on Them. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-519-7. Hendrickson, R. (1983). More Cunning than Man: A Complete History of the Rat and its Role in Civilization, Kensington Books. ISBN 1-57566-393-7. Hodgson, B. (1997). The Rat: A Perverse Miscellany. Ten Speed Press. ISBN 9780898159264; Langton, J ...

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  8. List of fictional rodents in literature - Wikipedia

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    A literate rat who tries to get to know Miss Pomeroy who shares a lot in common with him. Whisker Cameron Stelzer: Pie Rats: The Forgotten Map: A circus rat, originally named Wentworth Winterbottom, who becomes a Pie Rat and a member of Captain Black Rat's crew aboard the Apple Pie and is renamed Whisker. The Other Mr Bobo Neil Gaiman: Coraline

  9. The Rats (novel) - Wikipedia

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    He kills them and discovers the rats' alpha; a white, hairless obese rat with two heads. Harris kills the creature with an axe in a fit of rage. The epilogue indicates that one female rat survived the purge by being trapped in the basement of a grocery shop. It gives birth to a new litter, including a new white two-headed rat.