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fat mouse

British  

noun

  1. any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys , of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae

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Jess placed her paws on the fat mouse’s shoulders.

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In doing so, the fat mouse will get skinny.

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But the ones as got a good look claims it had a great fat mouse in its mouth, and it never let go, even when the bullets came after it.”

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Also intriguing was that a change in diet could cause bacteria from a thin twin to crowd out the bacteria from a fat twin, causing the fat mouse to lose weight.

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Before that time, a fat mouse can come back to being a skinny mouse again without too much adjustment.

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