By: Mario-Zedekiah T. Rodriguez
(Woo, okay as you heard I have to make a quick whip up of something so here you go.) You probably don’t know much about the kangaroo rat, I didn’t either until I was forc-determined to write all about the kangaroo rat. You still know nothing but that is why I am here. So starting off I will talk about how interesting the diet of a kangaroo rat is because I have no more original ideas. THen you can read if you want the home, because that is so interesting. I think you get the rest I need to hurry up. Wait I need a hook, um….. Did you know a kangaroo rat can jump across __ ft, You’ll have to read my whole thing to figure out that.
Kangaroo rats would usually eat seeds. But in certain times in the year they could eat insects. For them to store this food is much like a squirrel… or chipmunk. I don’t know but the main reason is they store the food in their cheeks. Much like a kangaroo as they have a pouch, but that is on there belly. If the rat is carrying too much they can go back home and store the seeds in caches. If you are like me you have no idea what a cache is, so what they are is a place in your home used for storing items. But going back to their food, the rats use these caches a lot because of predators, so basically they go on a run for as much food as possible.
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Also the farthest one has jumped is 9 feet and that would sum up to 6 mph. Another fact is male rats are always going to be bigger than females because of a disorder they have. I wouldn’t call it a disorder but it is what it is. This out of the ordinary but in the summer, these rats tuck their noses in their fur to create cold air. I don’t know how that is done but okay. Lastly Merriam kangaroo rats live near small, scattered pockets of food, while Banner-tailed kangaroo rats live near big pockets of