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When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, a team of gophers were helicoptered in to bring it back to life

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/gophers-mount-st-helens

> Everything within eight miles of the huge volcanic blast was wiped out almost instantly. More than 40 years later, scientists reveal how an unorthodox experiment involving burrowing rodents brought life back to the Washington State mountain.

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