Thursday, December 2, 2010

Rodents

Approximately forty percent of the mammal species are considered rodents. Familiar examples include:
The most common characteristic of rodents, is the two (continuously growing) incisors, in the upper and lower jaws; used to gnaw wood, gain access to food, and bite predators.

Because many rodents eat or destroy human food supplies and spread sickness or disease, they are often the target of your local exterminator or pest control professional.

Read more about rodents.

2 comments:

  1. A rodent population will multiply quickly, if their is adequate food and water; to support it's growth. As such, an exterminator or pest control professional should be called-in for a pest assessment, at the first sign of a rodent invasion.

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  2. The fact that rodent pests will "gnaw" through structures and eat/destroy food supplies, are often reason enough for homeownerns to consider exterminating this pest problem.

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