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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 19 days ago

between medicine and this, we do not honour rats enough

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between medicine and this, we do not honour rats enough

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_laboratory_mouse

    The mice get all the good statues.

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    They also can detect mines and have been highly successful in saving countless limbs/lives in that field too(no pun intended). https://apopo.org/?v=0b3b97fa6688

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    Here is a lovely statue of a rat knitting DNA:

    We owe a lot to rats.

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      That is a mouse.

      Most research is in mouse models.

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    They should train them to bring down a little can on a string so you can talk to them 😂

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      I mean, you joke, but you couod probabky kit them out with a small Bluetooth earbud to pass off.

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    I’m sorry but “rat backpack”? You should have said rat pack as part of a rat patrol.

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    I don’t get the hate on rats. This little guy is adorable.

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      Clearly you’ve never been mugged by one in Chicago. We grow em extra big here.

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    Now if only we could get that rat past Israeli blockade 🇵🇸

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    Gotta love a heroic snotpest

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    I was considering owning one, but then I read they continuously piss everywhere.

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    My cats, in the meantime: train themselves to know when humans dispense food, everything else be damned!

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    I’d start wondering if I was dead and hell was a RL Disney remake.

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