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- noun Plural form of
pika .
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Examples
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They needn't have bothered because I think by this point the pikas were a greater threat to us than we were to them as we hauled our bodies ever upwards with ever increasingly quivering leg muscles.
News Review - Top Stories RICHARD O'NEILL For The News-Review 2009
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IUCN is using the occasion to stress that, despite their reputation as prolific love-makers, nearly one in four rabbits, hares and pikas are threatened with extinction – mostly due to mankind's inroads.
'Year Of The Rabbit' Actually Threatens Furry Animal AP 2011
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China? mountain pikasAction: Improve grassland habitat by stopping large-scale poisoning of mountain pikas
Biodiversity 100: actions for Asia Guillaume Chapron 2010
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IUCN is using the occasion to stress that, despite their reputation as prolific love-makers, nearly one in four rabbits, hares and pikas are threatened with extinction – mostly due to mankind's inroads.
'Year Of The Rabbit' Actually Threatens Furry Animal AP 2011
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"The American pika may be an early-warning indicator of generally how alpine species may respond to contemporary climate change," said Erik Beever, Ph. D., a wildlife ecologist who has studied pikas for the past 16 years.
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When pikas are prevented from regulating their temperature behaviorally and are exposed to even slight warming -- temperatures of 77 degrees Fahrenheit for six hours -- they die.
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When pikas are prevented from regulating their temperature behaviorally and are exposed to even slight warming -- temperatures of 77 degrees Fahrenheit for six hours -- they die.
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"We think these may be more at risk [than pikas]," said Millar.
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"We think these may be more at risk [than pikas]," said Millar.
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"The American pika may be an early-warning indicator of generally how alpine species may respond to contemporary climate change," said Erik Beever, Ph. D., a wildlife ecologist who has studied pikas for the past 16 years.
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