Craig Thompson
A scientist who studies the relationships of different kinds of wildlife to each other and to their living and nonliving environments.
Northern Research Station
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I have worked with a variety of carnivores over the years, large and small, but one of my favorite research-related memories is being attacked by a northern grasshopper mouse. After I released it from a trap, rather than turn and run, it leapt at me and tried to bite me. I shouldn’t have been surprised, considering that those mice hunt scorpions and act like miniature wolves, but having a creature the size of my thumb be willing to do battle like that gave me a profound respect and fascination for these animals and their spirit.
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USDA Forest Service: Craig Thompson
Learn more about Craig Thompson's research at his Forest Service profile page.View Profile
