Rats - very interesting short video

[jjthink]

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/rats-as-heroes.html

JJ

 

[SarahFair]

Those are HUGE rats

Very cool what they are doing with them though. Kinda sheds a new light on a species very much disliked.
I love Jane Goodall

Happy they have found a solution

 

[hen-thusiast]

Thanks for sharing JJ! I was a little confused at first about why they needed to find landmines in Tanzania, but it all made sense when they said they train there and then go to other countries.

Those are some big rats! I swear the tails were two feet long!

 

[SarahFair]

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The size of small cats!
It kinda made me want one but I dont like the way they ...uhhh... drag on the ground in the rear area..

 

[raroo]

I've seen that video before, very interesting!

Have you seen the one where they let a colony of domestic lab rats free in a controlled farm environment? Its neat, they revert back to their wild state very quickly and form their social structure, raise litters, do quite well for themselves. However, there was always a food, water and shelter source so the rats didn't really have to struggle for anything. It was still a neat video though.

 

[chickenbuddy]

That's really interesting. Kind of makes me want to have one of those big rats. (great prank pet!)

 

[call ducks]

wow i am now In love with that type of rat

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

Wonder what they taste like?

 

[SarahFair]

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