Red tree vole Red tree vole The red tree vole ("Arborimus longicaudus") is a rodent found in Oregon and California. The red tree vole is a rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in coastal forests of Oregon and northern California. They eat exclusively the needles of conifers, mostly Douglas-fir ("Pseudotsuga menziesii") and occasionally other species. They often spend their lives in just one tree, and many generations will live in different parts of the same tree. When eating Douglas-fir needles, they carefully remove the fine resin ducts (which resemble coarse, straight hairs) along each edge of the needle, discarding these
Fraser Tranter Fraser Tranter Fraser Tranter (born 1 December 1965) is a British strongman competitor, most notable for his appearance at the 1998 World's Strongest Man, as well as his podium finishes in the 1997 and 1998 UK Strongman Docklands Challenge, a national strength athletics competition which at the time held equivalent status to Britain's Strongest Man. Fraser Tranter was born in 1965 in Wolverhampton to Douglas Tranter and his wife Janet (née Simpson). He is the oldest of two siblings, having a younger sister Helen Louise born in 1967. As a strongman, Fraser began to come to national attention after winning