RATS
Mammal - Vertebrate - Omnivore
Mammal - Vertebrate - Omnivore
CUBAN TREE RAT
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Male: Buck, Bill
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Female: Dow, Cow
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Young: Kitten, Nestling, Pinkie,
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RATS
There are 56 species of rats.
There are 56 species of rats.
- Wild rats eat worms, insects, seeds, grains, nuts, berries, fruit, fish and eggs.
- Are very clean and spend several hours a day grooming.
- Have poor eyesight and don't see in colour.
- Have an excellent sense of taste.
- Have an excellent memory.
- Have very strong teeth.
- Can chew through wire, aluminium, lead and glass.
- Can swim.
- Can tread water for 3 days.
- Like to be in groups.
- Have belly buttons.
- Are very ticklish.
- Don't have gallbladders or tonsils.
- Live up to 18 months, but many don't live one year.
- Are eaten in my rural areas in Asia.
- Actually laugh when tickled.
- Can last longer without water than a camel - as can a Giraffe.
- Prefer the taste of boiled sweets to that of cheese.
- Giggle when you tickle them. This has been proved by using special equipment to listen to them.
- If you tickle them every day, they will giggle immediately they see you.
- Mole Rats have keen, limited eye-sight. To them, light might mean a predator having broken into their tunnel.
- Mole Rats are immune to cancer.
- Mole Rats can live up to 28 years.
- Urinate on food to mark it as edible.
- Newborn rats can survive underwater for 40 minutes.
- The African giant pouched rat can smell Tuberculosis (TB) 50 times faster than a laboratory scientist can identify it.
- Rats get more depressed in the summer than in the winter.
- Four million years ago, rats in South America were the size of hippos.
- Rats dream about places they want to explore.
- Rats breed so quickly that in just 18 months, 2 rats could have created over 1 million relatives.
WATER RAT
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BABY RAT
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A NAKED MOLE RAT
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