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That advice, she says, comes from studies on other diseases “where they’ve shown that if you do clean up the environment, you can actually decrease the amount of virus that is on hard surfaces significantly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about face masks?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The science on whether it’s helpful to wear a face mask out in public is really, really mixed, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/29/800531753/face-masks-what-doctors-say-about-their-role-in-containing-coronavirus\">we’ve reported in depth\u003c/a>. (For starters, it depends on what kind of mask you are wearing and whether you use it correctly.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some infectious disease experts are reluctant to recommend that people wear masks as a preventive measure because they can provide a false sense of security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What experts do agree on is that wearing a mask is a good idea if you are sick, so you can reduce the chances that you’ll infect others, whether it’s family members at home or people at the doctor’s office if you go in to be seen. 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"content": "\u003cp>One item on the March ballot in San Francisco is a $628.5 million bond to fund earthquake retrofitting at police and fire stations and other disaster-related facilities and services, including the city’s Emergency Firefighting Water System.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed, Supervisor Catherine Stefani and Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer crafted the measure, called the Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond, or \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/San_Francisco,_California,_Proposition_B,_Earthquake_Safety_and_Emergency_Services_Bond_Issue_(March_2020)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proposition B\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said the bond, to be paid off within 30 years, is necessary to ensure the city is resilient in the event of a major earthquake or other disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that it’s not a matter of ‘if,’ but a matter of ‘when’ the next major earthquake will strike,” she said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bond will be funded from property taxes, at the rate of 1.5 cents for every $100 of assessed value — the equivalent of $150 per year on a home worth $1 million, and landlords could pass on up to half of any tax increase to tenants. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/voter-guide/san-francisco-2020-03/prop-b-earthquake-bond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to\u003c/a> the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, or SPUR, taxes will not be increased because the bond is part of San Francisco’s capital planning program, which holds property taxes at the same rate as 2006 by retiring older bonds as new ones are issued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the measure last July, putting it on the ballot. Proposition B needs to win two-thirds of the vote to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the city’s election guide \u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/san-francisco-earthquake-safety-and-emergency-response-bond-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pamphlet\u003c/a>, the bond measure is endorsed by the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 President Shon Buford, the San Francisco Democratic Party, former Mayor Willie Brown, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, State Assemblymember Phil Ting and San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Carmen Chu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters, a group of young progressives who are sometimes at odds with the city’s establishment, endorsed the measure in their \u003ca href=\"http://www.theleaguesf.org/#PropB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pissed Off Voter Guide\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With climate catastrophe in the form of fires now ‘the new normal’ and a catastrophic earthquake being a possibility any day, we’re fine to support this bond to keep our fire stations and other infrastructure in tip-top shape. A lot of these programs and facilities support general emergency preparedness too, which we like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no recorded opposition to the measure, according to the voter guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But SPUR, dinged the measure for not identifying which or how many facilities would be retrofitted. “As a result, we don’t know how much closer this level of investment would bring the city toward its overall seismic performance targets,” SPUR’s voter guide \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/voter-guide/san-francisco-2020-03/prop-b-earthquake-bond\">says\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still the San Francisco-based planning and urban research think tank encouraged voters to vote yes on the bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Republicans took \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgop.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no position\u003c/a> on the proposition in their voter guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Where the Money Will Go\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how Breed’s office \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-signs-629-million-bond-earthquake-safety-and-emergency-response-march\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says\u003c/a> the money will be spent:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$275 million to pay for seismic retrofitting at fire stations and training facilities; another $121 million to retrofit police stations\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$153.5 million to fix deteriorating \u003ca href=\"https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/05/the-sublime-subterranean-cisterns-of-san-francisco/524853/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cisterns\u003c/a>, pipes and tunnels that are part of an aging high-pressure water system the city uses to fight fires\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$70 million for upgrades to the city’s disaster response facilities\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$9 million for the Department of Emergency Management’s 9-1-1 call center to improve its ability to field an inundation of emergency calls after an earthquake\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Emergency Water System\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1906, the San Andreas Fault ruptured, and the \u003ca href=\"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1906calif/18april/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earthquake\u003c/a> that practically destroyed San Francisco still resonates as one of the most significant temblors of all time. Following the shaking from the quake, fires that ignited after gas lines ruptured whipped across the city, causing most of the destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the disaster, San Francisco installed pipes with pressurized water throughout the city, which firefighters can access to battle blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, as fire spread across the Marina, the water system shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the system protects San Francisco’s densest neighborhoods, but the Bayview, Sunset, Richmond and other neighborhoods are “inadequately protected,” according to a 2019 San Francisco Civil Grand Jury \u003ca href=\"http://civilgrandjury.sfgov.org/report.html\">report\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One item on the March ballot in San Francisco is a $628.5 million bond to fund earthquake retrofitting at police and fire stations and other disaster-related facilities and services, including the city’s Emergency Firefighting Water System.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed, Supervisor Catherine Stefani and Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer crafted the measure, called the Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond, or \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/San_Francisco,_California,_Proposition_B,_Earthquake_Safety_and_Emergency_Services_Bond_Issue_(March_2020)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proposition B\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said the bond, to be paid off within 30 years, is necessary to ensure the city is resilient in the event of a major earthquake or other disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that it’s not a matter of ‘if,’ but a matter of ‘when’ the next major earthquake will strike,” she said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bond will be funded from property taxes, at the rate of 1.5 cents for every $100 of assessed value — the equivalent of $150 per year on a home worth $1 million, and landlords could pass on up to half of any tax increase to tenants. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/voter-guide/san-francisco-2020-03/prop-b-earthquake-bond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to\u003c/a> the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, or SPUR, taxes will not be increased because the bond is part of San Francisco’s capital planning program, which holds property taxes at the same rate as 2006 by retiring older bonds as new ones are issued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Proposition B needs to win two-thirds of the vote to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the city’s election guide \u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/san-francisco-earthquake-safety-and-emergency-response-bond-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pamphlet\u003c/a>, the bond measure is endorsed by the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 President Shon Buford, the San Francisco Democratic Party, former Mayor Willie Brown, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, State Assemblymember Phil Ting and San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Carmen Chu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters, a group of young progressives who are sometimes at odds with the city’s establishment, endorsed the measure in their \u003ca href=\"http://www.theleaguesf.org/#PropB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pissed Off Voter Guide\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With climate catastrophe in the form of fires now ‘the new normal’ and a catastrophic earthquake being a possibility any day, we’re fine to support this bond to keep our fire stations and other infrastructure in tip-top shape. 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Following the shaking from the quake, fires that ignited after gas lines ruptured whipped across the city, causing most of the destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the disaster, San Francisco installed pipes with pressurized water throughout the city, which firefighters can access to battle blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, as fire spread across the Marina, the water system shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the system protects San Francisco’s densest neighborhoods, but the Bayview, Sunset, Richmond and other neighborhoods are “inadequately protected,” according to a 2019 San Francisco Civil Grand Jury \u003ca href=\"http://civilgrandjury.sfgov.org/report.html\">report\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dl_subscribe]Rulon Clark had a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had studied rattlesnakes for years, but he wanted to learn more about the kangaroo rat, a diminutive animal that venomous snakes try to eat in deserts of the American West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Clark, an associate professor of biology at San Diego State University, and his team set up cameras to attempt to film interactions between predator and prey in the deserts of Southern California and Arizona, they came up empty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whenever they were lucky enough to actually record a rattlesnake attacking the rats, the footage only captured a blur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t really tell what’s going on,” said Malachi Whitford, a doctoral student working with Clark at San Diego State. “We couldn’t even tell that the kangaroo rat got bit, or if it did get bit, what happens. It’s usually about 200 milliseconds. This is about the same speed that you blink an eye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clark, Whitford and the other researchers persisted, using high-speed cameras to capture the video at a much higher quality. To their surprise, they discovered the humble kangaroo rats are actually like tiny ninjas, able to execute jaw-dropping feats of agility and defensive maneuvers — leaping as high as nine feet in the air in a split second to evade snake attacks in pitch darkness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have this incredible athleticism — this combination of speed, power, agility and jumping,” Clark said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1957338\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1957338 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_k-rat_escape1.gif\" alt=\"Kangaroo rat escapes!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Merriam’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami) survives an ambush by a Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus), with an incredibly fast reaction time. \u003ccite>(ninjarat.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the team painstakingly gathered more examples of extreme slow-motion video of rattlesnakes ambushing kangaroo rats, the scientists discovered an astonishing array of acrobatic skills that these fuzzy seed-foragers use to survive. The slow-motion nighttime videos revealed a range of behaviors that weren’t previously observed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more fascinating, Clark said, was that the rats often got away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 32 interactions filmed by the researchers, they found that half of the time the snakes did manage to actually bite a kangaroo rat, but the rodent was able to kick the snake, or roll its body away in time, so that the snake was not able to inject its venom, and the rat usually survived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prior to seeing this slowed way down,” Clark said, “we kind of just thought, well, once the fangs are in, it squeezes the glands, venom’s in, and the whole thing’s done. But it turns out there’s this whole kind of second high-speed battle that happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team published some of its findings last year in Functional Ecology, a scientific journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To capture the intense high-speed battles in extreme slow-motion took a lot of trial and error, and highly specialized equipment. Clark, Whitford, and San Diego State University graduate student Grace Freymiller worked with Tim Higham, an associate professor of biology at UC Riverside who specializes in scientific imaging techniques, to set up high-speed cameras with infrared sensors, enabling them to essentially see in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using a special tracking method developed to study rattlesnake ecology (implanting tiny transmitters in the snakes), the team could locate the sidewinder and Mojave rattlesnakes as they made their nighttime feeding rounds. Once they found the snakes, often curled up, lying in wait to ambush unsuspecting passersby, the scientists delicately went about setting up their infrared floodlights and remote camera setups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They used infrared light because it didn’t bother the kangaroo rats or the snakes, so the cameras they were using had sensors that were specifically tuned to record infrared images. Whenever they used their normal headlamps, it would spook the kangaroo rats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team hiked the cameras and infrared lights, along with the heavy 12-volt car batteries that power them, into far corners of the deserts near Mojave, California and Yuma, Arizona. Once set up, they waited — often for hours without luck. But when they were lucky enough to film a snake attempting to ambush a kangaroo rat, the results were frequently fascinating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1957342\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1957342 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_kangaroo_rat_tail.gif\" alt=\"Kangaroo rat grooming its tail.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Merriam’s kangaroo rat grooming its lengthy tail. They use their powerful tails to maintain their balance during their acrobatic leaps away from predators. \u003ccite>(Josh Cassidy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The two species the researchers recorded are the desert kangaroo rat and Merriam’s kangaroo rat, both of which are commonly found in the deserts of southern California and Arizona. Most of the snakes in the study were the sidewinder rattlesnake, but the team also recorded strikes by the Mojave rattlesnake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kangaroo rats are considered by ecologists to be critical for dispersing seeds and aerating the desert soil with their extensive networks of burrows, spending most of their outdoor time foraging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They pull, husk and stuff the seeds into their fur-lined cheek pouches with their tiny hands, which are tucked below their chin. The seeds provide their primary sources of food and water in the harsh deserts, and they consume so little liquid that they rarely ever pee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As they forage, kangaroo rats need to continually scan the surrounding sandy environment for any predators — foxes, owls, and snakes — that could be anywhere. Once a well-camouflaged sidewinder rattlesnake strikes, aiming its venomous fangs at the furry seed-harvester, the kangaroo rat springs up, and away from the snake’s deadly bite, kicking its powerful hind legs at the snake’s face, and using its long tail to twist itself in mid-air, away from the snake to safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not only the kangaroo rat’s ability to jump high and perform incredible acrobatics that protects it from snakes. It’s the ability to jump high at just the right moment. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Rulon Clark had a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had studied rattlesnakes for years, but he wanted to learn more about the kangaroo rat, a diminutive animal that venomous snakes try to eat in deserts of the American West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Clark, an associate professor of biology at San Diego State University, and his team set up cameras to attempt to film interactions between predator and prey in the deserts of Southern California and Arizona, they came up empty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whenever they were lucky enough to actually record a rattlesnake attacking the rats, the footage only captured a blur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t really tell what’s going on,” said Malachi Whitford, a doctoral student working with Clark at San Diego State. “We couldn’t even tell that the kangaroo rat got bit, or if it did get bit, what happens. It’s usually about 200 milliseconds. This is about the same speed that you blink an eye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clark, Whitford and the other researchers persisted, using high-speed cameras to capture the video at a much higher quality. To their surprise, they discovered the humble kangaroo rats are actually like tiny ninjas, able to execute jaw-dropping feats of agility and defensive maneuvers — leaping as high as nine feet in the air in a split second to evade snake attacks in pitch darkness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have this incredible athleticism — this combination of speed, power, agility and jumping,” Clark said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1957338\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1957338 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_k-rat_escape1.gif\" alt=\"Kangaroo rat escapes!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Merriam’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami) survives an ambush by a Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus), with an incredibly fast reaction time. \u003ccite>(ninjarat.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the team painstakingly gathered more examples of extreme slow-motion video of rattlesnakes ambushing kangaroo rats, the scientists discovered an astonishing array of acrobatic skills that these fuzzy seed-foragers use to survive. The slow-motion nighttime videos revealed a range of behaviors that weren’t previously observed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more fascinating, Clark said, was that the rats often got away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 32 interactions filmed by the researchers, they found that half of the time the snakes did manage to actually bite a kangaroo rat, but the rodent was able to kick the snake, or roll its body away in time, so that the snake was not able to inject its venom, and the rat usually survived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prior to seeing this slowed way down,” Clark said, “we kind of just thought, well, once the fangs are in, it squeezes the glands, venom’s in, and the whole thing’s done. But it turns out there’s this whole kind of second high-speed battle that happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team published some of its findings last year in Functional Ecology, a scientific journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To capture the intense high-speed battles in extreme slow-motion took a lot of trial and error, and highly specialized equipment. Clark, Whitford, and San Diego State University graduate student Grace Freymiller worked with Tim Higham, an associate professor of biology at UC Riverside who specializes in scientific imaging techniques, to set up high-speed cameras with infrared sensors, enabling them to essentially see in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using a special tracking method developed to study rattlesnake ecology (implanting tiny transmitters in the snakes), the team could locate the sidewinder and Mojave rattlesnakes as they made their nighttime feeding rounds. Once they found the snakes, often curled up, lying in wait to ambush unsuspecting passersby, the scientists delicately went about setting up their infrared floodlights and remote camera setups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They used infrared light because it didn’t bother the kangaroo rats or the snakes, so the cameras they were using had sensors that were specifically tuned to record infrared images. Whenever they used their normal headlamps, it would spook the kangaroo rats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team hiked the cameras and infrared lights, along with the heavy 12-volt car batteries that power them, into far corners of the deserts near Mojave, California and Yuma, Arizona. Once set up, they waited — often for hours without luck. But when they were lucky enough to film a snake attempting to ambush a kangaroo rat, the results were frequently fascinating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1957342\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1957342 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_kangaroo_rat_tail.gif\" alt=\"Kangaroo rat grooming its tail.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Merriam’s kangaroo rat grooming its lengthy tail. They use their powerful tails to maintain their balance during their acrobatic leaps away from predators. \u003ccite>(Josh Cassidy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The two species the researchers recorded are the desert kangaroo rat and Merriam’s kangaroo rat, both of which are commonly found in the deserts of southern California and Arizona. Most of the snakes in the study were the sidewinder rattlesnake, but the team also recorded strikes by the Mojave rattlesnake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kangaroo rats are considered by ecologists to be critical for dispersing seeds and aerating the desert soil with their extensive networks of burrows, spending most of their outdoor time foraging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They pull, husk and stuff the seeds into their fur-lined cheek pouches with their tiny hands, which are tucked below their chin. The seeds provide their primary sources of food and water in the harsh deserts, and they consume so little liquid that they rarely ever pee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As they forage, kangaroo rats need to continually scan the surrounding sandy environment for any predators — foxes, owls, and snakes — that could be anywhere. Once a well-camouflaged sidewinder rattlesnake strikes, aiming its venomous fangs at the furry seed-harvester, the kangaroo rat springs up, and away from the snake’s deadly bite, kicking its powerful hind legs at the snake’s face, and using its long tail to twist itself in mid-air, away from the snake to safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not only the kangaroo rat’s ability to jump high and perform incredible acrobatics that protects it from snakes. It’s the ability to jump high at just the right moment. Biologists believe that this skill most likely comes from its keen hearing, which is 90 times more sensitive than human ears, allowing the rats to react in as little as 50 milliseconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kangaroo rats have evolved so that the bone structure around their ears, called the tympanic bullae, act as natural amplifiers for the smallest of sounds, kind of like built-in radar dish receivers on either side of their tiny skulls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, their ear structure-to-body ratio is far higher than most other animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1957343\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1957343 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_kangaroo_rat_ear1-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"Kangaroo rat hearing is ninety times more sensitive than human hearing.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_kangaroo_rat_ear1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_kangaroo_rat_ear1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_kangaroo_rat_ear1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_kangaroo_rat_ear1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/02/DL704_kangaroo_rat_ear1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kangaroo rat hearing is ninety times more sensitive than human hearing. Scientists think that they can hear the slightest low frequency sounds, like the flutter of an owl wing, or the air disturbed by a lunging snake. \u003ccite>(Josh Cassidy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Relative to the size of their head they blow all the other animals out of the water,” said biologist Clint Collins at Sacramento State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to their finely-tuned ears, the desert kangaroo rats’ highly-evolved musculature generates lots of force very quickly, resulting in jumps almost ten times their body height. It’s not the highest jump in nature, but it’s fast enough to avoid the lunging jaws of the rattlesnake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They seem to be kind of little balls of fast-twitch muscle fibers,” Clark said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rats have evolved as specialists in power over endurance in their legs, similar to the difference between the muscles in a human weight-lifter and the legs of a long-distance runner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kangaroo rats have a thick tendon, surrounded by large muscles, which translates directly to more power and a faster reaction time. With its powerful hind limbs, the kangaroo rat is also able to deliver a strong kick to the jaw of the rattlesnake, sending the rattlesnake crashing to the ground, before landing away from the snake — all in fractions of a second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The behaviors that had initially piqued Clark’s curiosity turned out to be only part of a wide range of highly evolved and effective anti-predator behaviors aimed specifically at rattlesnakes. In his earlier research Clark found that once a kangaroo rat avoids a snake strike, it appears to hang around to almost tease the foiled predator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will come back and kind of harass the snake,” he said. “It’ll foot drum, and sand kick, and bound around. 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But he has divulged little about why he decided to end a successful career managing a multibillion dollar hedge fund — with investments that included fossil fuel interests — to enter politics and the climate fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a 2014 profile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mensjournal.com/features/tom-steyer-an-inconvenient-billionaire-20140218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he told \u003c/a>Men’s Journal that he realized, “I really don’t want the highlight of my life to be my success as an investor.” His wife, Kathryn Taylor, said the couple became embarrassed in the mid 2000s that they were profiting from investments in oil companies while committing themselves to environmental issues. In 2012, Steyer stepped down from his role at the hedge fund, sold his personal fossil fuel assets, and got involved in electoral politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\"]Analysis: The Candidates on Climate Change\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1956430/joe-biden-climate-profile-surprising-embrace-of-green-new-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Biden\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1956501/michael-bloomberg-climate-profile-shutting-down-coal-modest-federal-spending%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Bloomberg\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1956514/pete-buttigieg-climate-profile-making-u-s-the-worlds-clean-tech-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete Buttigieg\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1956525/amy-klobuchar-climate-profile-using-presidency-to-restore-clean-energy-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Klobuchar\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1956421/bernie-sanders-climate-profile-16-trillion-in-spending-for-most-ambitious-plan-yet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bernie Sanders\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1957088/donald-trump-climate-profile-this-president-is-all-about-fossil-fuels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1956437/elizabeth-warren-climate-profile-taking-up-mantle-of-former-climate-candidate-inslee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Warren\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Done That\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steyer’s chief climate accomplishments have come through his checkbook. The billionaire emerged as a climate-champion counterpoint to the Koch brothers, the conservative oil barons. In 2013, he devoted millions of dollars to candidates across the country, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/ken-cuccinelli-virginia-governor-2013-democrats-099255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">governor’s race in Virginia\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-10-28/environmentalists-and-big-coal-fight-it-out-small-election-washington-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">county council elections\u003c/a> in Washington state, who promised to take action on climate change or oppose fossil fuel development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">He founded the nonprofit NextGen Climate the same year to build a political movement around climate action, working on voter registration and mobilization. Since then, he and Taylor have given nearly $240 million to federal candidates, parties and committees, placing them among the nation’s top donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, NextGen backed ballot initiatives in Arizona and Nevada that would require the states to get half their electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Voters rejected the measure in Arizona, but approved it in Nevada. In Michigan, his group \u003ca href=\"https://www.apnews.com/644b380367ee4cfea3cdffb6a02af6f1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">withdrew a similar initiative\u003c/a> after two utilities agreed to buy 25 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Getting Specific\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>• \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steyer’s campaign published an \u003c/span>extensive “Justice-Centered”\u003ca href=\"https://www.tomsteyer.com/climate-plan-framework/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> climate plan\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that includes a commitment to declare climate change a national emergency and support for Green New Deal legislation. The plan aims for 100 percent clean electricity by 2040 and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 across all sectors, including homes and buildings.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>• Steyer says he would build a community-based network to inform his policies and a “Civilian Climate Corps” that would be funded with $250 billion in bonds over a decade and intended to create 1 million jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>• His plan would commit $50 billion to wages and benefits to help fossil fuel workers to “thrive in a cleaner, more inclusive economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>• Without mentioning a carbon tax, Steyer says he would eliminate “all forms of government giveaways” to fossil fuel companies, “including unlimited and unpriced global warming pollution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>• Steyer says he would \u003ca href=\"https://www.tomsteyer.com/infrastructure-creation-at-a-glance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commit $2 trillion\u003c/a> over a decade to make infrastructure more climate-friendly and resilient, which he anticipates would mobilize an additional $4 trillion from non-federal sources. 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