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WTF Fun Fact – Rats Can Empathize

June 9, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Rats Show Empathy

Recent research has found that rats may have emotional empathy. An experiment offered the choice between a tempting chocolate treat, or rescuing a drowning rat, and they chose to rescue the drowning rat. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150514-rats-save-mates-from-drowning

WTF Fun Fact – Odd Rat Names

April 19, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Baby Rats are Kittens

Baby rats are called kittens or pups. A group of rats is called a mischief. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.livescience.com/52342-rats.html

WTF Fun Fact – Nonemitic Rats

February 7, 2020 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Rats Are Always Poisonous

Rats are nonemetic, meaning they can’t vomit. It’s why rat poison is so effective. They also can’t burp and they don’t experience heartburn. – WTF Fun Facts

Source:
http://www.ratbehavior.org/vomit.htm

WTF Fun Fact – Gambling Rats

November 29, 2019 by WTF
WTF Fun Fact - Gambling Rats

Researchers taught rats how to gamble and they learned how to play it safe and maximize their ‘winnings’. However, when they introduced flashing lights and sound they changed their behavior and went for the high-risk, high-reward option. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/flashing-lights-and-sounds-turn-rats-into-gamblers

if you tickle a rat day after day it will start

June 4, 2019May 19, 2019 by WTFFF Master
If you tickle a rat day after day

If you tickle a rat day after day, it will start ‘laughing’ whenever it sees you.
– WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://bit.ly/2w86a7W

rats will help their distressed friends wtf fun

October 17, 2018 by WTFFF Master
Rats will help their distressed friends - WTF Fun Fact

Rats will help their distressed friends – WTF Fun Fact

rats that detect landmines wtf fun facts

July 16, 2017 by WTFFF Master
Rats that detect landmines - WTF fun facts

Rats that detect landmines – WTF fun facts

exercise wheel in the wild wtf fun facts

June 4, 2019January 31, 2017 by WTFFF Master
Exercise wheel in the wild - WTF fun facts

Exercise wheel in the wild – WTF fun facts

alberta canada is rat free wtf fun fact

June 4, 2019December 27, 2016 by WTFFF Master
Alberta

Alberta, Canada is rat free – WTF fun fact

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