The lesser bamboo rat (Cannomys badius) is a species of rodents in the Spalacidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Cannomys. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand.
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“I
Am here a Poet, that doth drink of life
As lesser men drink wine.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“Even in a bamboo tube, a snake still wants to wiggle.”
—Chinese proverb.
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—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)