By Susan Milius
Gerbils haven’t taken to the air and started buzzing, but scientists now have
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evidence that they spread pollen as bees do.
In southern Africa, the hairy-footed and the short-tailed gerbils poke into a
ground-hugging lily, slurping nectar and emerging dusted with pollen, says Steven
D. Johnson of the University of Natal in Petermaritzburg, South Africa. In one