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Australian rats scurry to desert en masse after rains
6 April 2011
A mass migration of rats is under way into the inland deserts of Australia after a run of high rainfall seasons, scientists say.
The native long-haired rat, or Rattus villosissimus, normally lives in the Barkly Tableland of the Northern Territory and in western Queensland.
But now it has been spotted in Alice Springs for the first time in 25 years.
"Some of them get up to about 30cm [12in] long - fair lump of a rat," livestock manager Chris Giles said.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12994713


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