Assertion: gerbil | /r/HasProperty | desert animals
Facets:
value: originally
type: OTHER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: at one time
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The reason why people don’t feed their gerbils fruits is that gerbils are desert animals, and their lifestyle isn’t adapted to eating water-rich foods.
text: Also known as the desert rat, a gerbil is about six to twelve inches (150 to 300 mm) long, including a long tail that makes up nearly half of its total length.
text: A gerbil is actually a number of species, not just one.
text: At one time, gerbils were known as desert rats.
text: The gerbil was originally known as a desert rat until they were commercially introduced to North America and bred as pets.
text: The gerbil being a desert animal, they produce very few feces and urine.
text: Gerbils are desert creatures, and prefer arid or semi-arid environments.
text: Gerbils are sometimes also called “sand rats” or “desert rats.
text: Gerbils are usually desert or semi-desert species, inhabiting vast expanses of sandy territory as well as steppes (areas which are slightly more green but still very arid).
text: Being desert animals, gerbils take little water, but even if they are fed fruits and vegetables, they need water at all times.
text: Gerbils are desert animals and require less water then most rodents.
text: As gerbils are desert animals, they drink very little and get most of their fluid from food.
text: Gerbils are desert animals and so use water more efficiently, resulting in less waste and less cage smell.
text: However, the gerbil was originally known as the ‘desert rat’ before it was introduced to parts of Europe and North America.
text: However, the gerbil was originally known as the ‘desert rat’ before it was introduced to parts of Europe and North America.
text: In other words, a gerbil is a specific type of rodent, but there are a number of species that count as gerbils.
text: Gerbils are also known as desert rats
text: , the gerbil is also known as a desert rat.