Only the BBC could use a title like this and keep a straight face.

[camwyn]

Giant gerbils infest China
By Francis Markus
BBC correspondent in China

An explosion of gerbils is decimating vast areas of grasslands in China's north-western Xinjiang region, with some of the prairies completely destroyed by hundreds of rodent burrows, according to authorities in the region.

The gerbils running riot in China's arid far north-west may sound like the fluffy pets loved by so many children but they are in a different league. . .

quintus? Do your hamsters know anything about this lot?

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[wordslinger.livejournal.com]

Now THERE'S a phrase to make you pause... "An explosion of gerbils is decimating vast areas of grasslands..."

Anybody else getting visions of gerbil-grenades?