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- 8 years ago Sticky: Basic Rat Care Guide and F.A.Q.
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Lab rats play hide-and-seek for the fun of it, new study shows
Every child knows that a proper game of hide-and-seek must follow a strict set of rules. Players can’t switch from being the “seeker” to the “hider” midway through the game, for example, and hiders have to stay put until they’re found. Now, scientists have discovered that lab rats can rapidly learn the rules to hide-and-seek and, so far as they can tell, love playing the game with people.
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Scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars to collect food
Rats can learn to drive tiny cars around an arena in exchange for a food reward. Their hormone levels suggest they seem to find going for a drive relaxing
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Scientists have taught rats to drive - and they love it
A team of researchers at the University of Richmond have taught rats to drive mini-cars - and not only are the rodents good at it, they enjoy it too. The scientists built the rat-sized vehicles out of clear plastic food containers, with three copper bars that served as a steering wheel.
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How Alberta completely eradicated rats from the province by declaring war on rodent hordes
The result is that Alberta is a magical land where rats never destroy vegetable gardens and nobody gets diseased from rat droppings in their attic
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Cats Are Surprisingly Bad at Killing Rats
Over a 79-day period, feral felines killed just two rats, instead opting to hunt less challenging prey
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Starving, angry and cannibalistic: America's rats are getting desperate amid coronavirus pandemic
America's rats are being hit hard by the coronavirus. As millions of Americans shelter indoors to combat the deadly virus, which has claimed over 21,000 U.S. lives, many businesses — including restaurants and grocery stores — have closed or limited operations, cutting off many rodents' main sources for food. On deserted streets across the country, rats are in dire survival mode, experts say.
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Hope is powerful - Inspiro Blog
Hope is powerful. Hope has given unbelievable power to people. It has the power to push your limits, it can control the mind.
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Fleas to flu to coronavirus: how 'death ships' spread disease through the ages
Some 1,500 years ago, the Plague of Justinian spread via ships from North Africa to Europe and Asia, killing up to 50 million people.
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Sydney braces for rat ‘plague’ after Covid-19 forces hungry rodents to turn to cannibalism
Empty offices and restaurants in the city of Sydney are driving hungry rats into homes and suburbs, and the loosening of restrictions could create “a new rat plague”, according to a leading rat-catcher. As city centres have closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, suburban rat infestations have spiked, according to Geoff Milton, a Sydney rat-catcher with 35 years’ experience.
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Magawa the landmine detection rat given gold medal for bravery
Giant African pouched rat has cleared more than 141,000 square metres of land - the equivalent of 20 football pitches
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Don't blame the rats: Human fleas and lice likely spread Black Death
The Black Death, which killed millions throughout Europe in a pandemic stretching from the 14th to 19th century, was likely spread by parasites such as fleas and lice carried on the human body.
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The Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all
The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Plague outbreaks in Europe then continued until the 19th century. One of the most commonly recited facts about plague in Europe was that it was spread by rats. In some parts of the world, the bacterium that causes plague, Yersinia pestis, maintains a long-term presence in wild rodents and their fleas. This is called an animal “reservoir”.
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What food do you feed your rat everyday?