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Masha Babko didn’t set out to change how people think about tiny rodents—she set out to listen. Working from a weathered research cabin on the edge of the Siberian taiga, she spent seasons watching the region’s small mammals and asking simple, stubborn questions: what makes these mice survive where harsher winters and sharper predators rule? What subtle traits make them “better” in their world?
Masha Babko didn’t set out to change how people think about tiny rodents—she set out to listen. Working from a weathered research cabin on the edge of the Siberian taiga, she spent seasons watching the region’s small mammals and asking simple, stubborn questions: what makes these mice survive where harsher winters and sharper predators rule? What subtle traits make them “better” in their world?
