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Nature's overachievers, armed with teeth that never stop growing and never stop ambitions.
means A massive order of gnawing mammals — mice, rats, squirrels, beavers — defined by ever-growing front incisors.
from From Latin rodere, to gnaw, the same root behind corrode and erode — these animals are quite literally born to chew through everything.
PopulationRoughly 40 percent of all mammal species.
Forced filingIncisors grow forever; not gnawing means starving.
Beaver scopeLargest rodents can top 60 pounds.