Template:Did you know nominations/Holochilus chacarius

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:57, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Holochilus chacarius edit

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... that the diet of the semi-aquatic Chaco marsh rat includes sugar cane, rice and bananas? Source: "... is strictly herbivorous and can cause extensive damage to rice, bananas, sugarcane and other crops."

Reviewed: Gavin Lowe (computer scientist)

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 17:27, 10 April 2018 (UTC).

Hi Cwmhiraeth, review follows: article 5x expanded on 3 April; article exceeds minimum length; it is well written and formatted and contains no apparent copyright violations; the hook is interesting enoguh and the fact is mentioned in the article; I cannot access the page of the source used but am happy to AGF that the source supports this wording (I note the extract provided by the nominator states only that it damages the crops named, I will presume that the context this information is presented in the source makes it clear that the rat is eating these items not merely damaging them); QPQ has been done - Dumelow (talk) 10:01, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I have extended the quotation above and I think the implication that it feeds on these crops is clear. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:11, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Spot on, thanks - Dumelow (talk) 10:33, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but the hook is not verified by the source (footnote 3). The source says nothing about what it eats, but does say that it damages rice, banana, and sugarcane crops. It also makes nests in these fields, which might make an interesting hook. Yoninah (talk) 00:36, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Think of a clothes moth, which can cause extensive damage to stored textiles. Did the adult moth say when laying its eggs "here's a garment my offspring can damage" or did it say "here's a garment my offspring can eat"? The same with this rat, it's a herbivore, a plant-eater, and it isn't saying "here's a crop that I can vandalise before I go off somewhere else to feed". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:16, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

OK. I accept that being a herbivore and causing extensive damage to banana, rice, and sugarcane plants means it's eating them. Restoring tick per Dumelow's review, though it's a green tick because I can read the source. Yoninah (talk) 21:56, 30 April 2018 (UTC)