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justkillingtime
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05 Apr 2014, 1:18 pm

I had two pet white rats. They were very affectionate. Maybe the large rats could be pets or be used for working to sniff out explosives, etc.


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05 Apr 2014, 1:51 pm

Misslizard wrote:
People here eat squirrel,they are also a rodent.


^ we call them tree rats here! LOL




justkillingtime wrote:
I had two pet white rats. They were very affectionate. Maybe the large rats could be pets or be used for working to sniff out explosives, etc.


I had one a long time ago. Extremely sweet and intelligent animal. Very clean as well he was always grooming himself. Problem is the life span is so short and I get too attached. :(



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05 Apr 2014, 3:01 pm

I have a friend who had once had two pet rats called Ben and Willard. I asked her if she named them for the two rat movies, and she swore she had never heard of those movies. :lol:


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06 Apr 2014, 4:23 pm

babybird wrote:
The terrifying scenario could become a reality as super-adaptable rats take advantage of larger mammals becoming extinct

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news ... ep-3108177


Don't knock it. We are the descendants of rodent like mammals who increased in size after the dionsaurs departed.

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06 Apr 2014, 8:39 pm

ruveyn wrote:
babybird wrote:
The terrifying scenario could become a reality as super-adaptable rats take advantage of larger mammals becoming extinct

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news ... ep-3108177


Don't knock it. We are the descendants of rodent like mammals who increased in size after the dionsaurs departed.

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But as that took millions upon millions of years, I seriously doubt we're going to be put though a real life Food Of The Gods, including super-sized, carnivorous rats (overrunning scale model card board campers).


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07 Apr 2014, 12:40 pm

The rats that eat the GMO corn will be super sized in a few years. :D


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