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
Baby rats are called kittens or pups. A group of rats is called a mischief. – WTF Fun Facts
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
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 ‘laughing’ whenever it sees you.
– WTF Fun Facts
Rats will help their distressed friends – WTF Fun Fact
