LIKE A NINJA: Researchers from University of California Riverside, UC Davis and San Diego State University have released slow-motion video that shows kangaroo rats escaping rattlesnakes by jumping and kicking them away — all in under the 100 milliseconds it takes a rattler to strike. Scientists say the rats’ reaction times are typically around 70 milliseconds, with some clocking it at just 38 milliseconds. | Fox News
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LIKE A NINJA: Researchers from University of California Riverside, UC Davis and San Diego State University have released slow-motion video that shows kangaroo rats escaping rattlesnakes by jumping and kicking them away — all in under the 100 milliseconds it takes a rattler to strike. Scientists say the rats’ reaction times are typically around 70 milliseconds, with some clocking it at just 38 milliseconds. | Fox News
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