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Water voles are almost extinct in Wales - could glitter save them?

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Water voles in Wales are being fed edible glitter in a bid to save them from extinction.

Conservationists hope the glitter will come out in their poo allowing them to be tracked by conservationists.

Once commonly found across south Wales, water voles are now effectively extinct in all but a few locations.

VR Score

72

Informative language

66

Neutral language

72

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

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not offensive

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possibly hateful

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short-lived

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1

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