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40 Times Rats Were Caught Being So Charming, As Seen On This Dedicated “Legalize Rats” Twitter Page
Let's do a little thought experiment - imagine the five most disgusting animals to you. Now let's think about which extremely common animal is most likely to be in the top five for almost every person? That's right - a rat!
Indeed, the global culture for centuries has been very unfair to these fluffy hairballs with nice bare tails. Yes, in the old days, rats carried lethal diseases, but they didn’t do it on purpose! And now let's remember at least some old pieces of art where a rat was portrayed as a good guy! Don't try, you just don't remember!
But in fact, rats are very cute and really smart animals. And there's a wonderful Twitter account called "The Rat Review" which posts memes and images that are meant to glorify rats in the face of humanity.
Today the page has around 52K followers, and we are sure that after the publication of Bored Panda's curated list with its best pictures, there will be even more followers, and the army of rat fans in the world will also grow.
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It is not true that rats abandon their babies almost as soon as they learn to eat and crawl on their own. Mother rats are very caring, and sometimes even carry their offsprings on their backs - especially if they sleep so sweetly. Rats are not in vain used by scientists in their research - they are really very smart and quick-witted.
In fact, rats are quite easy to train, and become true friends for their owners. They especially love it when their fluffy tummies are scratched (however, rats are not alone here - who in this world does not like to have one's tummy scratched?)
Probably the only work in modern popular culture depicting a good rat is the famous Pixar's cartoon 'Ratatouille'. But even here there is room for a really sad fact.
Actually for the truthful display of rotting vegetables and fruits on screen, Pixar studio employees collected a whole garbage heap, which, of course, attracted many live rats. So, after filming 'Ratatouille' the staff ruthlessly called in the deratisation service... Definitely, this Twitter page with cute rat memes should have appeared even earlier.
Oh yeah, there is another famous rat in popular culture. This is an outstanding martial artist, as well as a connoisseur of the Renaissance art, named Splinter, who became the teacher of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It was Splinter, by the way, who gave the turtles their world-famous names.
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
If you have rats, here's a really fun thing you can do: get one of those long paper bags they put bottles of booze in, and hang it up inside the cage with a bulldog clip or something like that. In a matter of minutes you'll have zero rats in sight and a bag moving around like it's possessed. It's so funny. And then they get to enjoy tearing the bag to pieces and scurrying back to the nest dragging huge pieces of brown paper in their mouths. 😆
El Dee 2 years ago
Giving them things like this is so important. They are intelligent and social and need stimulation..
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Bobbie Meyers 2 years ago
Yes, boys are big squishy couch potatos. Girls are more active. Both equally loving. Much less stinky than mice.
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Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
If you do get some, don't have one but at least two 😊
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Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
Rats are so stinkin' cute!! Years ago I got one by pure chance when some a$$hole left her on a trail and quickly drove away - the poor baby desperately ran after passerbys for help, clearly used to being handled and NOT used to the great outdoors! I picked her up and took her home with me. Presented her to the vet next day for a checkup - turns out she was rather old already and maybe a lab rat - therefore I spared her the stress of getting to know new (young) rats. She still lived her best life for almost another year before one day she just dropped dead without any sign of illness in advance.
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I once rescued about six pet rats who had been dumped in a drain and left to die by some heartless scumbag. >:( I was able to find new homes for all but two of them, who I kept. I also rescued a big cuddly boy who had likewise been dumped and was living in some lady's woodpile. She was terrified of rats, but compassionate enough to notice how he kept walking up to her like he was asking for help. Her daughter knew my mother and therefore knew I was a "rat person", so I was asked to come and take him away. I found him in his sad little nest in the woodpile, and reached down there thinking he would bite me or run away, or both, but no - he started sniffing my fingers as if to say hello and let me pick him up! I took him home, and he was so starved his skin was hanging off him, but right away he was trying to climb onto my shoulder. I soon had him well fed and in good health and we were the best of friends. He suddenly died a few months later, but I never forgot him.
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Bobbie Meyers 2 years ago
When I was a kid, I snagged a new born rat some stupid kid brought to school. Mom carried him around in her shirt pocket while I was at school. One time we peek in and he's on his back, sucking his thumb and holding his tail like a blanket in the other hand. His name was Rocky and he was the best! Lived to almost five.
Marion Friedl 2 years ago
Pet rats are totally underestimated, actually rats make great pets for kids because, differently than the nocturnal hamsters or the shy rabbits, guinea pigs, degus or chinchillas, they love the interaction with their humans, and they can be potty-trained and can learn a lot of tricks, like "play dead", "stand on your hind legs" and so on, they love to learn new tricks. Some of my Facebook and Twitter friends have rats, and theirs are all potty-trained, they use a kind of tiny litterboxes and do not pee or poop around anywhere else.
Deseree Doherty 2 years ago
My daughter has Donut the one eyed hairless rat. She is so sweet and cuddly.
Jods 2 years ago
One of my delightful cats brought a baby rat home. Very much alive and happy to be rescued. I sat down on the settee with it to see if it was OK to release. It fell asleep! When it woke it obviously forgot I’d rescued it from 7 large moggies and bit my thumb. Put it outside but did it say thanks as it scurried off? Nope.
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I love my rats! Even if they do insist on customising all my shirts so there's a few windows to poke their noses out of.
Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
Mine used to be less into fashion, but more into interior design. "That phone cable? Didn't look good there. We removed it for you. You're welcome!"
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Paul Werner 2 years ago
I live in Baltimore and for some reason rats just look a little different and alot bigger!
Jaguarundi 2 years ago
Well, now I have Michael Jackson singing his song "Ben" in my head. Yes, it's a love song to a rat.
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Ben, you're always running here and there - you feel you're not wanted anywhere! If you ever look behind, and don't like what you find, there's something you should know - you've got a place to go...
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Wicked Moon216 2 years ago
I want pet rats so bad, but everyone I know that has had them have gotten Cancer. That would just break my heart! They already have such short lifespans!
Patti Vance 2 years ago
nope, nope, just..no. and, not to just rats. can't handle rodents in any form. and, i did have guinea pigs when i was a kid but it didn't take long for me to realize that i just don't care for them.
- 2 years ago
They're not for everyone. I like dogs, but I wouldn't want the responsibility. I just socialize with the local dogs. Are there animals that you do like?
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
If you have rats, here's a really fun thing you can do: get one of those long paper bags they put bottles of booze in, and hang it up inside the cage with a bulldog clip or something like that. In a matter of minutes you'll have zero rats in sight and a bag moving around like it's possessed. It's so funny. And then they get to enjoy tearing the bag to pieces and scurrying back to the nest dragging huge pieces of brown paper in their mouths. 😆
El Dee 2 years ago
Giving them things like this is so important. They are intelligent and social and need stimulation..
Load More Replies... Bobbie Meyers 2 years ago
Yes, boys are big squishy couch potatos. Girls are more active. Both equally loving. Much less stinky than mice.
Load More Replies... Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
If you do get some, don't have one but at least two 😊
Load More Replies... Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
Rats are so stinkin' cute!! Years ago I got one by pure chance when some a$$hole left her on a trail and quickly drove away - the poor baby desperately ran after passerbys for help, clearly used to being handled and NOT used to the great outdoors! I picked her up and took her home with me. Presented her to the vet next day for a checkup - turns out she was rather old already and maybe a lab rat - therefore I spared her the stress of getting to know new (young) rats. She still lived her best life for almost another year before one day she just dropped dead without any sign of illness in advance.
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I once rescued about six pet rats who had been dumped in a drain and left to die by some heartless scumbag. >:( I was able to find new homes for all but two of them, who I kept. I also rescued a big cuddly boy who had likewise been dumped and was living in some lady's woodpile. She was terrified of rats, but compassionate enough to notice how he kept walking up to her like he was asking for help. Her daughter knew my mother and therefore knew I was a "rat person", so I was asked to come and take him away. I found him in his sad little nest in the woodpile, and reached down there thinking he would bite me or run away, or both, but no - he started sniffing my fingers as if to say hello and let me pick him up! I took him home, and he was so starved his skin was hanging off him, but right away he was trying to climb onto my shoulder. I soon had him well fed and in good health and we were the best of friends. He suddenly died a few months later, but I never forgot him.
Load More Replies... Bobbie Meyers 2 years ago
When I was a kid, I snagged a new born rat some stupid kid brought to school. Mom carried him around in her shirt pocket while I was at school. One time we peek in and he's on his back, sucking his thumb and holding his tail like a blanket in the other hand. His name was Rocky and he was the best! Lived to almost five.
Marion Friedl 2 years ago
Pet rats are totally underestimated, actually rats make great pets for kids because, differently than the nocturnal hamsters or the shy rabbits, guinea pigs, degus or chinchillas, they love the interaction with their humans, and they can be potty-trained and can learn a lot of tricks, like "play dead", "stand on your hind legs" and so on, they love to learn new tricks. Some of my Facebook and Twitter friends have rats, and theirs are all potty-trained, they use a kind of tiny litterboxes and do not pee or poop around anywhere else.
Deseree Doherty 2 years ago
My daughter has Donut the one eyed hairless rat. She is so sweet and cuddly.
Jods 2 years ago
One of my delightful cats brought a baby rat home. Very much alive and happy to be rescued. I sat down on the settee with it to see if it was OK to release. It fell asleep! When it woke it obviously forgot I’d rescued it from 7 large moggies and bit my thumb. Put it outside but did it say thanks as it scurried off? Nope.
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I love my rats! Even if they do insist on customising all my shirts so there's a few windows to poke their noses out of.
Bored Retsuko 2 years ago
Mine used to be less into fashion, but more into interior design. "That phone cable? Didn't look good there. We removed it for you. You're welcome!"
Load More Replies... Paul Werner 2 years ago
I live in Baltimore and for some reason rats just look a little different and alot bigger!
Jaguarundi 2 years ago
Well, now I have Michael Jackson singing his song "Ben" in my head. Yes, it's a love song to a rat.
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Ben, you're always running here and there - you feel you're not wanted anywhere! If you ever look behind, and don't like what you find, there's something you should know - you've got a place to go...
Load More Replies... Wicked Moon216 2 years ago
I want pet rats so bad, but everyone I know that has had them have gotten Cancer. That would just break my heart! They already have such short lifespans!
Patti Vance 2 years ago
nope, nope, just..no. and, not to just rats. can't handle rodents in any form. and, i did have guinea pigs when i was a kid but it didn't take long for me to realize that i just don't care for them.
- 2 years ago
They're not for everyone. I like dogs, but I wouldn't want the responsibility. I just socialize with the local dogs. Are there animals that you do like?
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