Sunday, October 23, 2005
One track mindRats are smarter than you might think, but still pretty dumb. Let me explain.
New Zealand scientists wanted to know why rats are so hard to eradicate, so they released a rat they named "Razza" on a deserted rodent-free island, and then tried to re-capture him with traps. The rat was outfitted with a small radio transmitter so his movement could be tracked. For over four months, Razza evaded an arsenal of traps and avoided countless poisoned baits left by the researchers. He even eluded sniffer dogs brought on the island specifically to hunt him down. The scientists conceded that if Razza had been a pregnant female rat instead of a solo male, there would have been a rat population explosion already on the island.
They were about to give up when one day the rat paddled a quarter mile in open water (longest confirmed swim by a rat) to a nearby island where he finally got killed in a trap set up with penguin meat. And the reason for that ill-fated swim? No, it wasn't the penguin meat or the cheese bait, but mating season was starting and Razza was on the prowl (And here I was thinking that rat mating season is 365 days a year, 7x24).
But it goes to show how rats are just like people. Sex attracts, and sometimes sex kills.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 5:22 AM
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Connecticut and Cindy,
Well yeah. Men and rats are both hairy creatures with a dirty mind.
John,
Traps are everywhere.
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Well yeah. Men and rats are both hairy creatures with a dirty mind.
John,
Traps are everywhere.
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