Managing the whereabouts of docile creatures provided a reliable source of nutrition. (vitamink2.org)
Standard Chinchilla's are known to be sweet, docile creatures who have no problem being picked up by its owners or strangers, so long as it is handled with care. (petguide.com)
Frustrated by the lack of a good study model, Krasnow and his colleagues turned to the mouse lemur and began conducting detailed physiologic and genetic studies on hundreds of these petite, docile creatures in the rainforests of Madagascar. (sciencedaily.com)