Fifty native rats are being put through their paces in a rigorous testing regime adapted from NASA astronaut screening that scientists hope will show how animals cope with environmental stresses like climate change.Scientists at James Cook University are undertaking the most comprehensive study of resilience in native rats to date
"A lot of animal behaviour work is done at a species level, not an individual level, and many studies only focus on a single aspect of an individual such as its behaviour or cognition," said Tasmin Rymer from James Cook University. While the rats won't actually get to complete a space mission, Dr Rymer said the project drew inspiration from NASA's model for screening astronauts.
there is no AGW...must be another reason!
Actually sex is the key to adaptation, and I'm not surprised that nerds wouldn't know that.
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