Nodding along to catchy music is not just a human habit, according to Japanese scientists who have discovered that rats also move to the beat of songs by stars like Lady Gaga. Researchers at the University of Tokyo played Mozart, Queen, and Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” to rats wearing …
Read More »‘Hero rat’ Magawa retires from Cambodian bomb-sniffing career
The award-winning seven-year-old rodent has detected 71 landmines and 38 items of unexploded ordnance, according to his employers. Magawa, an award-winning giant African pouched rat, is retiring after five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia. The seven-year-old rodent, originally from Tanzania, was trained by the …
Read More »‘Cat-sized’ rats plague New Zealand town.
A beachside New Zealand suburb known for roaming chickens and yoga has become infested with hordes of unwelcome guests: large, writhing rats. The rodents — which have swarmed around shops and houses in the artsy west Auckland suburb of Titirangi — have made headlines in New Zealand recently, where local …
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