Fancy Rat & Mouse Day gives us the opportunity to celebrate these beautiful creatures. Not to be confused with wild (black) rats, the Fancy Rat is the domesticated brown rat; while the Fancy Mouse is the domesticated form of the house mouse. Both can be very smart and affectionate and make ideal pets, particularly for children.
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Mattresses? More like rattresses! 'Rattresses' is what Etsy shop owner, Lord Duncan the Rat, calls her tiny and adorable mattresses -- especially made for rats. Unfortunately, the model and inspiration behind these cute mattresses, Lord Duncan himself, has sadly passed away just a month ago.
This isn't the first creative rat we've seen that has passed too soon. Darius, the famous-painting rat, also passed in early 2019.
Both Lord Duncan and Darius live on through the creativity of their owners and the hearts of animal lovers from around the world!
Researchers at the University of Richmond in Virginia have managed to train rats to drive a tiny car with Froot Loops used as a reward, proving their brains are more flexible than previously thought.
@corporateComics is based on real corporate life stories involving two rats co-workers and their demanding boss.
Stop the presses! This rats cuddling with tiny (and big) teddy bears is all you need to jump-start those heartstrings! We had no idea how much we needed these insanely adorable images in our lives. Rats cuddling miniature teddy bears might just be our new favorite thing!
Pictures taken by Jessica Florence, Ellen van Deelen and Stacey Popandopulo.
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This video sums up beautifully yet sadly our humanity or in other words, modern day slavery. They can't tell you what to do, but they definitely can tell you how to do it.
Just when you thought every kid wanted their own puppy or kitten, the truth has come out: Children actually prefer rats, according to a pet ownership survey by RightPet. Via: Simple Most
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GGMR - or Gotta Get More Rats - could be the most curious case of illness seen in quite some time. And no, this isn't something we made up, it's a moniker thought up by people in the rat loving community who are addicted to rats. Chantel Banks, the woman in the video above, maintains a household complete with 19 long tailed rodents otherwise known as rats. When she's not busy "huffing" her pets (a word she uses to describe pressing the rodents against her nose and mouth and deeply inhaling their scent into her lungs) she's studying their personalities in order to cater to their every whim. The crazy pet lifestyle she's living has put quite a burden on her marriage since Chantal has decided to move into a separate apartment away from her husband in order to create space for more rodents. Via: The Ranker
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RATS and cats aren't famous for their strong friendship, however this New York cafe en'tails' peace and harmony between the furry animals. The Brooklyn Cat Cafe located on Atlantic Avenue has recruited two rodents, Emile and Remy, to help care for young orphaned kittens.
Italian Photographer, Rachele Totaro, made a unique session of photos - she captured the facial expressions of test animals the first time ever outside a cage, open air. Those Ex lab rats were saved by La Collina dei Conigli, an Italian charity based near Milan. Pricelss!
Photographer Diane Ozdamar just love rats! That's why she decided to break the stereotypes around these furry companions by photo shooting fancy rats that are highly domesticated. With this lovely photos, she hopes to show everyone that rats are social, highly intelligent and even clean. The main idea behind this project was to encourage people to adopt the rats so that they do not feel homeless and get the same care and attention as the other pet animals. Some of the rats you can see in the following gallery are hers, others are rats she has fostered, and some belonged to her friends.
