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 * Some instresting Facts on Ord's Kangaroo Rats**[[image:http://images.enature.com/mammals/mammals_m/ma0109_1m.jpg align="left"]]

Some interesting facts are that they are small, very smart, they can dig tunnels, and they can survive without water for 10-15 days. Some other interesting facts are that they don't grow up to be too big.The other thing is that they only grow to be an average of 20 to 40 inches in adult size and less in baby or chid size. As you can see in this picture it is night when their food sourses come out like grasshopers, moths, but the other one (seeds) are out all day and night. Also their latin name is Dipodmy's Ordii.

Some other interesting facts are that they only weigh 1-6 oz. Also their tail is only 6-12 inches long. Another one is their shoulder hieght is 2-4 inches tall. They are really small which means they make good pets. Ord's Kangaroo Rats are so nice they only are mean if you disrespct them. They are so hard to find because they are endangerd and they are always under the ground,even the babies are hard to find because they are also under the ground.

More interesting facts are that all Ord's Kangaroo Rats are diffrent sizes.Their hind feet are bigger than their front. Sometimes if people finnd a dead Kangaroo Rat the sometimes cut the tail off and they keep it. They are endangerd bacause people destroy their habitat, people litter the earth and they eat it and then the die of posin or suffercation. When they mother of her new litter gives brith she has to seperate them from the other family's fathers and mothers because they will eat the babies when food sources are short. Even the mother will eat her babies when food sources are short.

They mostly hunt all night and sometimes hunt in the middle of the day. That means they are nocturnal. One reason they mostly hunt at night is because their food sources are out at night. Why the rarly hunt in the day time is beacuse they need to eat because the didn't catch anything when the hunted at night. The reason the mothers stay in the tunnel system is because other kangaroo rats will eat the babies, also the fact that snakes can get in the tunnel system and they can eat the babiesThey other reason the mothers stay with the babies is so they can protect them by kicking sand,and mud at them to scare them off away from the babies.

It can be confusing if you are trying to find out if they are male of female.