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"Glacier mouse"

This ball of moss is likely a "glacier mouse." They roll around atop the glacier in the wind, gathering dust, and apparently <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/science/earth/glacier-mice-offer-a-micro-habitat.html?partner=rss&emc=rss">support complex ecosystems</a>.
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