NZ rat diets are no ratatouille

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Fruit, seeds, insects, fungi, and human food make up most of the diet of rats caught by researchers in New Zealand. The researchers used genomic sequencing of their stomach contents to find out what the rodents had been eating to an incredible level of detail. The new approach could allow for advanced conservation strategies, such as pinpointing the location of a rat based on its stomach contents alone.