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<\/a><\/p>\nTypically, the Galapagos Rice Rat is nocturnal, coming out at night, to feed on insects, plant material and anything else it can find kicking around the island. During mating season, their habits change and they shift to a diurnal behaviour. Interestingly enough, as the season goes on, the pregnant females become quite intolerable with the males. Now this is just too easy to make a joke so I think I will leave it alone.<\/p>\n
All right, let’s get back to the facts before I get in trouble.<\/p>\n
The number of young that are born in any given year is highly dependant upon the amount of rainfall and food. If it is a really wet season then the Galapagos Rice Rat will typically have more young compared to the drier years. I am assuming you are going to ask why? So, my guess is there is higher food availability during the particularly wet years. This is definitely a characteristic that has evolved over time as a result of living in a harsh environment such as the Galapagos.<\/p>\n
Okay, so that does it for another Wild Fact. Enjoy the weekend and I will see you on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I figured it has been too long since we took a trip to one of the most interesting (and influential) places on this planet. So today, we are taking a trip back to the famous Galapagos Islands where we will learn about the Galapagos Rice Rat. Like most other animals on this island, this particular animal is also known as Darwin’s Rice Rat. You discover evolution and natural selection (okay, so he wasn’t the first but that is a story for another day) and all of a sudden every animal on an island is named after you. I really need <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,2305,2304,2307,4025,2306,2308],"yoast_head":"\n
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