2 cute pics

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View of Rat's Stomach from Below
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A few rattie pics i found this evening.

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New video of my Two Legged Rat Nubby

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Here is a video of the most amazing rat in the world! For those of you who don't know her, her name is Nubby. She only has two legs.. her back legs. She was either born with no front legs or had an injury as a pinky. I'm not 100% entirely sure.

She is an amazing rat. She can do just about anything a 4 legged rat can do with the exception of running on a wheel, that she can not do. But, she can pretty much do anything else. This disability has not stopped her in anyway.

She is now just over 2 years old so she is an old girl now. Most of you who read my blog already know her from the rat groups i belong to but for those of you who don't know her she really is a miracle rat. She has accomplished some pretty amazing things-- When she was about 4-5 weeks old, maybe a bit older she got lose in my bedroom and pretty much vanished for 2 week. YES 2 WEEKS. I could not find her. I looked everywhere for her and after a week i was pretty upset and was fairly sure something bad had happened to her.

Finally, at about the middle of the second week she was gone, i was sitting on the bedroom floor and out of the corner of my eye i saw something. I looked down and there she was... underneath my night stand and she walked right up to me. You can't believe how happy and relieved i was.

What else has she accomplished besides being lost for two weeks. One thing i never wanted to happen to her. A friend of mine came to visit.. she was passing threw town and she wanted to stop by for a bit. She brought along her young son. To make a long story short. I left him alone in my bedroom while i went to talk to his mother in the living room. I had boys free ranging and i had Nubby safely on the play table. I failed to tell the young boy not to put boys on the table nor put Nubby on the floor. When i walked in the bedroom i saw a black male not only on top of the table but also on top of Nubby. About 22 days later Nubby gave birth to 3 healthy babies- Ruby, Tuesday and Pickett (Pickett is named after a good friend of mine). Her babies are almost a year no i believe and doing well.

And yes, she accomplished one other thing... she had tumor removal surgery about 2 months ago. She had a small tumor on her side, near her hip. She survived the surgery and recovered faster than any rat of mine that has had tumor surgery.

So... you see, she has accomplished a lot. And not only that... she has accomplished two other things... Stealing my heart and the heart of many other people around the world.

I took this short video of her tonight and thought I'd show you all. ENJOY!





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Rats Brain's Instant Replay May Be Key To Memory

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Taken from Scientific America
By David Biello

A rat pauses at the end of a track. He dips his nose into a cup containing food and munches contentedly, nose twitching. Meanwhile, brain cells in the hippocampus of his brain replay his recent route to this repast, according to the results of a new study.

Previous research had shown that rats replayed specific brain firing sequences while sleeping. David Foster and Matthew Wilson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wanted to find out what happened when they were awake. After implanting measuring devices to catch neurons firing in the hippocampuses of four rats, they let the animals run up and down a track with food at each end. Upon reaching the end of the track, the rats paused to eat, groom or just be still.

But their hippocampus cells were in a frenzy of activity. These cells are known to play a role in the formation of memories in rats and primates, including humans. By measuring the amount and location of the hippocampus cell firing, the researchers were able to determine that the neurons fired in the exact reverse order of the firing that occurred when the rat scurried from one end of the track to the other. In essence, the rats' brains replayed the recent route, possibly committing it to memory.

Such activity did not occur when the animals simply rested outside the track or when they were in a more familiar environment. "Reverse replay in the hippocampus might have a critical role in support of learning," the researchers conclude in their paper detailingthe findings, published online yesterday by Nature.

"When awake, reverse replay occurs in situ, allowing immediately preceding events to be evaluated in precise temporal relation to a current anchoring event, and so may be an integral mechanism for learning about recent events," they continue. "Understanding this replay is likely to be critical to understanding how animals learn from experience."

A few cute rattie pics and stuff

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Summer Make-Over Time.

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I'm in the process of doing Summer Make-Overs for all my blogs. I like to change with the seasons.

Over the next week you'll see this blog change it's look until i find exactly what i am looking for. You'll see changes in the colors, layout and even the template.

I just wanted you to know so you didn't think i was going crazy :)

Hopefully within the week I'll have just the right look for summer.

-Rebecca
Owner and Creator of 'Wonderful World of Rats' 'Wonderful World of Animals'
'Wonderful World of Rodents'

Is there a rat in your future?

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Taken From: http://www.petsit.com/content316341.html


Is there a rat in your future?

According to the Chinese calendar, the year 2008 is the Year of the Rat. The calendar runs from February 7, 2008 to January 25, 2009. Did you know that a Rat Year is a time for new beginnings? Should you begin by getting a pet rat? Take our quiz and find out!


Answer True or False

  • I would like a pet that is docile and friendly.
  • An intelligent pet is the right one for me.
  • I need a pet that is affectionate and that I can interact with.
  • My pet must have a unique personality.
  • I want my pet to respond when I call his name.
  • I don’t mind having more than one pet because they keep one another company.
  • I am diligent enough to keep my pet’s home clean.
  • I’d like to share some fruit and vegetables with my pet.
  • I like to play with pets and to watch them playing with toys.
If most of your answers are true, you might find a rat to be a great companion. For more information go to: www.ratfanclub.org.

Rat Forum

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I came across this rattie forum. I have no idea if it's new or not but i thought I'd share. It's a UK-based Forum.

http://www.fancy-rats.co.uk/community/

GREAT RATTIE PHOTO

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What beautiful critters

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Rattie nose

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He he. I want to kiss his nose

Taking a Dip

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This rattie doesn't look to happy about this. I hope he was ok after. I hope the photographer had this rat as a pet and not just a photo subject.

Some nice rattie pics.

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