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A small predator that shut down the world's most powerful particle accelerator. How much do you know about martens?
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What did a stone marten shut down in November 2016?
It climbed onto an 18,000-volt transformer.
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Which animal family do martens belong to?
Otters, badgers and wolverines are relatives.
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How do martens move over deep snow?
They can also tunnel under the snowpack to hunt.
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How long does development take after a pine marten's delayed implantation?
The egg floats unimplanted for about seven months first.
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At the 17th-century peak of the fur trade, what share of the Russian state budget came from furs?
Sable fur drove Russian expansion across Siberia.
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Why do beech martens chew car cables?
Germany reports more than 200,000 cases a year.
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Which is the only marten listed as Vulnerable?
About 1,000 adults live in India's Western Ghats.
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As pine martens recovered in Ireland, what happened to squirrels?
Gray squirrels have no evolved defense against martens.
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