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What would you do if you suddenly saw a tiny little fur ball jump across the road in front of your car in the middle of a country road? Could you stop in time? We’re not talking about some normal rodent either, but an adorably cute fuzzy critter only as big as a plastic bottle cap.

Learn all about this adorable creature that narrowly avoided being hit by a car in China with pictures and more, after the jump!

It turns out this “mini mouse” isn’t a mouse at all, but a rodent called a jerboa, one of the smallest rodents in the world. Those who are afraid of mice or rats can stick around as this cutie is furry, has a lovable little pig nose and long back legs like a kangaroo.

Normally found in desert areas, our unsuspecting driver, Chen Wenjie, almost ran over one when he was enjoying a drive in Hotan Prefecture while on a bird-watching excursion. How he was able to see it is remarkable as its body is tiny and it weighs about as much as a one yuan coin, which is significantly less than an ounce. Chen couldn’t believe what he was seeing and out of curiosity, placed it in an empty bottle and took it home. He observed what he thought was a tiny jumping mouse for a short period of time, finding him to be nocturnal and sleeping an incredible 17 hours a day.

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A researcher at the center for disease control and prevention in Xinjiang Province realized that the tiny rodent was not a mouse at all, but a dwarf three-toed jerboa, or a pygmy jerboa. Usually found in the deserts of southern Xinjiang, the jerboa moves across the hot sand in long hops, balancing its tiny frame with its tail that is about twice as long as its body. Their lifespan is only about two years and their offspring are the size of a peanut kernel when they are born. D’awww.

Chen ultimately released the jerboa back into the wild, but was happy for their short time spent together. Unfortunately, this cute jerboa doesn’t dance around and do your chores like Disney movies have led us to believe. That would have been too good to be true!

▼ There’s an adorable long-eared version too!

long eared jerboa http://t.co/Y6fwIeYQQq

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world of animals (@alemihayvanat) July 12, 2015

Source: Shanghaiist
Top image: Wikipedia
Inset image via Viral Nova

Origin: World’s smallest “hopping mouse” could fit into your pocket’s pocket
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Here at RocketNews24, we like to think our Japanese-language reporter Mr. Sato doesn’t just belong to us, but that he belongs to the world. After all, the value of panning for nuggets of wisdom in his stream of craziness transcends any mere national boundaries.

And now it seems Mr. Sato belongs to history as well, as we recently found out he was featured on American TV as part of the History Channel’s family of programing. It’s a great honor…except for the part where they mistakenly introduce him as a college student who’ll eat anything for five bucks!

It’s taken a bit of time for the program All You Can Eat to make its way to Japan. Originally airing on the History Channel’s H2 sister network in 2013, the series made its Japanese debut earlier this month on the History Channel in Japan.

The episodes are reruns of their American versions, albeit shown in a different order than they were in the U.S. For its Japanese premiere, All You Can Eat focused on bacon (viewable here on the History.com website). That would have grabbed our attention anyway, but when we popped in a DVD with the episode on it that one of our readers had sent us, we spotted a familiar face onscreen.

Appearing in the insert next to host John Pinette is our very own Mr. Sato, giving the customary Japanese announcement of “Itadakimasu!” just before starting his meal…which in this case is a pile of bacon with a hamburger mixed in somewhere. Loyal readers will remember this as the basis for an article we ran in 2012 in which we pushed Burger King’s “Have it your way” slogan to an extreme level by ordering a Whopper with 1,050 slices of bacon.

It was once of our proudest moments, and in the description of our YouTube video, there’s even a helpful link to the English article that explains what’s going on. Apparently All You Can Eat didn’t notice, though, because while playing clips from the video of Mr. Sato’s bacon challenge, they described him as a college student who will eat anything, as long as you give him five dollars to do it.

▼ They even use him as the thumbnail image for the video on their English website, to this very day.

▼ Not pictured: a college student

Without revealing his exact age, we can say that Mr. Sato is now old enough that the only things he’d be doing on a college campus are teaching a class or being politely asked to leave because he’s distracting the co-eds with all of his worldly knowledge and rich life experience.

However, when we asked Mr. Sato himself to comment on All You Can Eat’s uninformed distribution of information, he told us he has a bigger bone to pick:

“Five dollars? That’s just insulting! Look, there’s something I want to make clear right here: My price is 10 bucks.”

Don’t worry, though, despite his declaration of mercenary motivation, Mr. Sato’s not really like that. As a matter of fact, we don’t even give him a paycheck. Instead, we secretly record all of you through the speakers on your PCs and smartphones, and whenever you chuckle at one of our articles, we pipe the sound into Mr. Sato’s headphones so that he can draw sustenance from your laughter. In other words, our greasy gladiator’s bacon battle was all so that you could be entertained.

But hey, if any of you do happen to have 10 extra dollars in your wallet, you give us a call, OK?

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Here’s a hint: The correct pronunciation is NOT “Della Reese,” an actress from Touched by an Angel.

This is Cara Delevingne. Aside from being Zachary Quinto's nemesis in The Eyebrow Games, she is a model and actress.

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Eric Warfel of Ohio has been charged with abuse of a corpse after telling police he put bags of garbage in his daughter’s room to mask the smell of her decomposing body.

Eric Warfel with daughter Ember.

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An Ohio man has been charged with abusing a corpse after allegedly throwing trash inside his 1-year-old daughter's room in an attempt to mask the smell of her "badly decomposing" body, officials said.

The dead girl is believed to be Ember, the 21-month-old daughter of Eric Warfel, NBC affiliate WKYC reported. She is thought to have died about a month ago — around June 18.

The body was discovered Wednesday morning inside Warfel's Medina, Ohio, apartment by a cable worker, police said in a statement. An autopsy to determine the girl's cause of death is underway and more charges are likely.

Meanwhile, a judge on Thursday set Warfel's bail at $1 million, agreeing with prosecutors that he is a flight risk.

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According to officials, the 34-year-old admitted to police that he filled Ember's room with trash to mask the smell of her decomposing body. When the body was discovered, it was so badly decomposed that it could not immediately be determined if it was a boy or girl.

Shortly after the cable technician called the authorities, Warfel was arrested at Crocker Park, where he was with his 7-year-old daughter Elizabeth. She is now being cared for by her grandparents.

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