Rats are the overlooked and under-loved poor relations of the rodent world. While they’re smarter than both hamsters and guinea pigs, there’s something about their teeth, or their eyes, or their tails—god, the tails—that just seems to freak people out. But perhaps the following news will change the public’s mind: Rats…
Before I moved to NYC, I was embarrassingly afraid of rats. Once, I walked out of the back door of my apartment in Chicago and saw a gigantic rat running down the stairs right past me and I screamed so loudly that people on other floors came outside to make sure I wasn't currently in the process of being murdered. But…
I had no idea that opossums tolerated being held let alone strapped to a piece of fiberglass and hurled down a mountain. This sort-of-cute little dude's name is Ratatouillie, and his handler must not have thought that Ratatouillie's internet humiliation was complete without making the rail-riding rodent wear an ugly…
Rats and mice can be adorable if they are your well-behaved pet, or if they are singing cartoon characters in a heartwarming tale of one Russian mouse family who overcomes adversity while immigrating to New York City and later, Goes West. Otherwise, they're disgusting cesspools of disease, unwelcome interlopers in…
A flight from Katmandu to Bangkok was cancelled when a mouse scurried out of the plane's pantry. Luckily, this happened while the plane was still on the ground, so the rodent did not cause havoc in the air. However, the plane will not be able to take off again until the mouse is found.
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