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Topic: Rat

Related:
  Rat Pack    Rat Terrier  
  Rat Race    Pet Rats  
  Rat and Mouse    River Rats  
  Rat Trap    Rat Control  
  Rat Snake    Rat Cages  
  Rat Poison    Kangaroo Rat  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Lord Dracula
People talk about their ..:Geekiness,  Body Odour
Currently has on their coffee table:New Scientist
Favorite body part(s):Lungs
Favorite book(s):1984 by George Orwell
Favorite animal(s):Mouse,  Snake,  Lizard
Favorite sport(s):Dragon Boat Racing
Medical note(s):Undergoing therapy,  Has cancer,  Uses laxatives
Ultimate fantasy(s):Being reincarnated as a termite,  Cloning themselves
Worst habit(s):Taking Ecstasy,  Drinking
Favorite quote(s):"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." - Jack Handey
"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"The dingo's got my baby" - Lindy Chamberlain
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Some rats were fed a regular diet without raspberries, while others received diets consisting of 5 percent or 10 percent black raspberries.
The rats were fed a semipurified diet containing BWPE, soy protein or casein as protein source for 3 weeks.
Rats and mice are fed a high-quality laboratory designed diet that provides all of the nutrition they require.
Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Rats are being dosed for a longer period than recommended in the EPA guidelines in order to ensure that the dams have achieved a hypothyroid condition.
Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender

Rats and mice are problems in that they transmit diseases ranging from Weils to Salmonella and breed very effectively making eradication a dream and control whether by bait or traps a necessity.
Rats are also more intelligent compared to other rodents such as mice, hamsters and guinea pigs.
Bush rats are quite common around much of the wooded coast and ranges of Australia.
Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student

The rats were really good and friendly pets, but I gradually gave up most of my pets as I had enough to do once we started a family.
Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran

Rats are known to have escaped ashore in the South Shetland Islands in the past but there are no rats present today, indicating that they were unable to establish viable populations.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Rats are excellent research subjects in space because they have been studied extensively and biochemical and structural similarities make them good models for humans.
Rats and fruit flies were flown to study effects on biological stems and effects caused by radiation.
Rats injected with insulin surprisingly did not lower the tryptophan concentration in the plasma and it actually raised the concentration in the brain in creasing serotonin synthesis.
 
 
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Bob Smith
2004-11-09 15:35:40
What are rats favorite foods?
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