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Ben Muessig

PHOTOS: It's Rat Catcher's Day -- And Exterminators Don't Even Know It

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Muessig | Posted 09.21.2011

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Exterminators work long hours setting traps in dark corners and dank basements -- but July 22 is their day in the sun. Or at least it's supposed to...

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Rats & Land Mines: Colombia Teaches Rodents To Sniff Out Explosives

The Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Early next year, anti-narcotics police will begin deploying squads of rats to sniff out land mines in remote areas of Colombia where leftist rebels an...

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Moby Bedbug

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Ettlinger

A few weeks ago I prepared to go on vacation. But alas, the final move prior to hopping into the car was to strip and flip the mattress, and lo and behold, there were five bedbugs on one corner.

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