Neil Gaiman is a writer of excellent and discriminating taste. He likes rats. Most of his books have at least one rat in them. I am presently reading his latest collection of short stories, "Trigger Warnings". I haven't encountered any rats yet, but I fully expect I will. Which brings me to this image. I won it in the art auction at Further ( Read more... )

madiushrat tweeted this wonderful photo! Read here for why this photo is special.

Courtesy of Wolfie, I thought I should let you rats know that there is a documentary on ABC's iView called Mark Lewis Season: Rat which is about "the remarkable and intelligent rats of New York [Of course, all rats are remarkable and intelligent--MML] and their ongoing conflict with another successful mammal, Man." This is by the director of Cane ( Read more... )

Bo was put down today. He somehow got his muzzle caught in the cage bars overnight and that, combined with his myco, was too much for him. After we freed him we washed him and I cradled him this morning, wrapped in my favourite towel, until he settled down. Ristin took him to work so he could keep an eye on him but he wasn't getting better. We ( Read more... )

(Well, this rat may not need one, but it would certainly help. o_O) Brisbane researchers have mapped 66km of streets around St Lucia by writing software that mimics how rats navigate and plugging a webcam into it. Go rats! (And then tell us how you got there.)

qtplatypus has pointed out a very interesting interview with CSIRO Wildlife's Dr Ken Aplin. Dr Aplin is obviously a very intelligent and discerning scientist; he admires them greatly and describes them as "lovely creatures." ^_^ I counsel rat-lovers not to be put off by the title, but I do warn that he does speak briefly about rats as food.

Several months ago I reported a new rat species, now I'm pleased to announce the rediscovery of a rat species after 112 years! Yes, the very cute greater dwarf cloud rat is back with us once again, after having been found by a team of Filipino and American scientists. This find further emphasises how important the Philippines is to the world of ( Read more... )

(What's this? An unlocked LJ post that's not about Rattus? o_O)

While the wonderful Higgs was up here, he took some impromptu footage of me and my pet rats, Izza and Bo. This is the first ever video footage of me outside of my fursuit that I've put online ever! Please be kind.

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As should be obvious, I just love Second Life. Part of what I find so appealing about it is the amount of control you have over how you look and it's not that hard to grasp the basics of how to do it. Over the past few weeks, I've done my latest round of changes to my avatar and probably have reached a temporary point of stasis. I thought this ( Read more... )

Some of you may think I have way too much time on my paws. I, on the other hand, think I have way too little.

( Rat Health Fund )