for mary beth
rats have no gall-bladders. they cannot burp or vomit.
rats don't have paws; they have hands and feet...they have glands on the bottom of their feet, so thaey leave a wet scent trail wherever they walk
a rat's incisors never stop growing. therefore, they must gnaw.
a rat's hear beats 260-600 times in one minute
a pair of rats can produce 15,000 babies in one year
rats begin breeding as young as five weeks of age. gestation lasts 21-24 days, and females can produce up to seven litters a year, each containing six to twentytwo young.
rats are born hairless, pink-skinned, blind, and deaf. their fur grows in within ten days.
rats use their tails for many functions--balance, temperature control and communication. it's imporant to note that you should never handle a rat bu its tail., the skin is very sensitive and can cause great distress and even death to a rat.
rats have highly developed senses and their ability to climb, jump, burrow, and gnaw gains thenm entry to places inaccessaible to many other small mammals.
rat packs can include up to sixty indivituals
history books often associate the black death with rats but it was teh fleas living on the rats that were responsible for spreading the virus.
in 1996, new yorkers reported 184 rat bites...and 1,102 human bites.
a rat can fir through an opening that is just one half an inch wide
rats can breathe under water for two minutes
a rat can swim for three days before it drowns.
a rat can chew through concrete
in a college experiment rats were pitted against college students to learn their way through a maze. the rats learned three times faster than the students.
rats don't have paws; they have hands and feet...they have glands on the bottom of their feet, so thaey leave a wet scent trail wherever they walk
a rat's incisors never stop growing. therefore, they must gnaw.
a rat's hear beats 260-600 times in one minute
a pair of rats can produce 15,000 babies in one year
rats begin breeding as young as five weeks of age. gestation lasts 21-24 days, and females can produce up to seven litters a year, each containing six to twentytwo young.
rats are born hairless, pink-skinned, blind, and deaf. their fur grows in within ten days.
rats use their tails for many functions--balance, temperature control and communication. it's imporant to note that you should never handle a rat bu its tail., the skin is very sensitive and can cause great distress and even death to a rat.
rats have highly developed senses and their ability to climb, jump, burrow, and gnaw gains thenm entry to places inaccessaible to many other small mammals.
rat packs can include up to sixty indivituals
history books often associate the black death with rats but it was teh fleas living on the rats that were responsible for spreading the virus.
in 1996, new yorkers reported 184 rat bites...and 1,102 human bites.
a rat can fir through an opening that is just one half an inch wide
rats can breathe under water for two minutes
a rat can swim for three days before it drowns.
a rat can chew through concrete
in a college experiment rats were pitted against college students to learn their way through a maze. the rats learned three times faster than the students.