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And populations of once-numerous birds such as American white pelicans, double-breasted cormorants and eared grebes have declined.

Though Dorset’s little brown bats are holding on, other once common species found with them, like northern long eared or tricolor bats, are almost impossible to detect there now, Bennett said.

Droopy eared, long-faced Basset hounds may seem to have little in common with fluffy, wolf-like Alaskan malamutes, but both breeds share at least one notable trait: They love to howl.

Another source was more blunt, describing it as "tin eared" and "absolutely nuts".

A diving waterbird called the eared grebe, for example, needs 28,000 adult brine shrimp each day to survive.