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Mouse zone types Many keyboard trays include a separate area meant to hold a mouse.
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Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
Lamm and his team have most famously brought back the mythical direwolf from extinction and created a woolly mouse, but not without a slew of controversy.
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