Muskrats don't ever have to worry about chewing with their mouths open! Like beavers, these rodents can close their lips behind their front teeth, enabling them to munch on aquatic vegetation without getting a mouth full of water.
(Image: A muskrat () munching away by Stephen B. Hagar)
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Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) a semi-aquatic rodent native to North America (and introduced & invasive in parts of Europe and Asia). Their name possibly derives from muscascus, an Algonquian word meaning "it is red."