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mals do not intend to give away their entrance holes 

 to the eye of an enemy, any more than possible, at 



A chipmunk waiting expectantly for breakfast 



any rate. This trait has doubtless aided them in 

 their survival struggle. 



Still another survival aid has been their communal 

 spirit, which they share with those common aquatic 

 rodents, the muskrats (called mushrats by all Yan- 



