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In an experiment that trained rats…

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020Weirdo

In an experiment that trained rats to drive tiny cars by giving treats as a reward, rats ended up loving driving so much they’d do it without a reward.

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Scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars to collect food

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019Weirdo

Researchers successfully taught rats how to drive small cars in the pursuit of Froot Loops cereal. Video below. Psychologist Kelly Lambert and her colleagues at the University of Richmond conducted the experiment to gain insight into animal cognition. Learning to drive also lowered the rats’ stress as measured by hormone levels.

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In 1508, Autun, France pressed…

January 22, 2019Weirdo

In 1508, Autun, France pressed charges on rats for destroying barley crops. The lawyer representing the rats argued that the court’s summons wasn’t specific enough to his clients, and that Autun’s cat population made it unsafe for his clients to come to court. The rats were acquitted.

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Rats are sometimes eaten in parts of France….

January 16, 2018Weirdo

Rats are sometimes eaten in parts of France. In Bordeaux, there is a recipe that calls for the use of alcoholic rats who live in wine cellars. The rats are skinned and eviscerated, brushed with a thick sauce of olive oil and crushed shallots, and grilled over a fire of broken wine barrels.

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Two rats in an ideal environment…

August 26, 2017Weirdo

Two rats in an ideal environment can turn into 482 million rats over a period of three years.

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Scientists conducted a study and determined that…

March 2, 2017Weirdo

Scientists conducted a study and determined that there are about 2 million rats running around New York City. They can jump a horizontal distance of up to 4 feet, survive a fall from a height of almost 40 feet, and tread water for three days.

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Giant Rats have been trained to sniff out 14000 landmines…

September 19, 2016Weirdo

Giant rats have been trained to sniff out 14000 landmines and other unexploded arsenal. The rats, which undergo nine months of training, are light enough to not trigger the explosives. They literally work for peanuts.

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In a 2011 experiment where rats were presented…

April 15, 2016Weirdo

In a 2011 experiment where rats were presented with chocolate chips and a caged rat, test subjects would first free the caged rat, then share the food.

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Poor neighborhoods in 60’s-era Washington DC suffered…

March 30, 2016Weirdo

Poor neighborhoods in 60’s-era Washington DC suffered massive rat infestations until Julius Hobson began catching the “possum-sized” rats in a cage, strapping it to the roof of his car, driving them to the rich neighborhoods, and threatening to release them.

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Only about 12 rats per year enter Alberta, Canada and are quickly…

November 21, 2015Weirdo

Only about 12 rats per year enter Alberta, Canada and are quickly killed by provincial rat control specialists before they can breed. Alberta is the largest rat free populated area in the world.

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