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Recent Examples of muskrat
But past royal visits to Washington have sometimes gone awry − from amorous muskrats to a talking hat.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.
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Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.
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Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
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Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.
—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.
—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muskrat
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There’s the yellow, blue-nosed beaver Norb (Nick Bakay) — witty, sophisticated, sarcastic, and opinionated.
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In recent years, however, beaver reintroductions have started to become more popular in the country because these semi-aquatic rodents are amazing natural engineers.
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This enables researchers to track spatial and temporal trends for many Wisconsin species, such as black bears, bobcats, coyotes, opossum and raccoons.
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Critter Control offers specialized pest control plans to get rid of raccoons, squirrels, rats, mice, bats and more.
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Sonoma County Animal Services said its officers responded to the resident's call and discovered that the otter was actually a tiny baby American mink.
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The American mink likely wandered into the resident's yard from the riverbank, according to the Sonoma County Animal Service.
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Keep Out Host Animals Ticks love to catch a ride on host animals like deer, rabbits, and chipmunks.
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The sea urchin omelette is unexpected and satisfying, as is the rabbit sausage.
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There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
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Here's what to know about Splash the otter.
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Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys.
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Although honey badgers are often described online as though venom simply doesn’t affect them, the reality is a bit more nuanced.
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.
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Wolverines are beagle-sized carnivores related to weasels, ermines, badgers, martens, otters, and black footed ferrets, all of which are native to this state.
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But most such fishers in Destin are hobbyists.
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Hood River is built along the Columbia River, providing easy water access for windsurfers, boaters, and fishers.
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“Muskrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muskrat. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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