Rats can drive! And quite well!!!

Rats can drive! And quite well!!!#345926

By Matt -  Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:57 pm
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- Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:57 pm #345926

I got a huge kick out of this article

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11 ... r-science/

Here's the video linked to from the article where the rats are actually driving their ROV (Rat Operated Vehicle)!!

And the most awesome part about it to me is that the rats showed signs of being less stressed when they were spending time learning to drive!

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Re: Rats can drive! And quite well!!!#345929

By Dionae -  Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:37 pm
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- Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:37 pm #345929

Hahaha! That's pretty crazy.

http://instagram.com/sarraceniacrazy/

Re: Rats can drive! And quite well!!!#345930

By mcgrumpers -  Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:57 pm
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- Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:57 pm #345930

Haha cool!

Reminds me of remote controlled cockroaches:

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Re: Rats can drive! And quite well!!!#345954

By sbrooks -  Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:39 pm
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- Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:39 pm #345954

If I was buried under a bunch of rubble, what a relief it would be to be discovered by giant hissing cockroaches.

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Re: Rats can drive! And quite well!!!#346099

By Artchic528 -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:39 am
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:39 am #346099

I'd sooner be discovered by a rat driving a tiny rescue vehicle. Much cuter IMHO. It also reminds me of a book I read as a child about a mouse driving a tiny toy motorcycle.

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Re: Rats can drive! And quite well!!!#346105

By Matt -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:12 pm
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:12 pm #346105

Artchic528 wrote:It also reminds me of a book I read as a child about a mouse driving a tiny toy motorcycle.

That sounds familiar to me. Do you recall the name of the book? I believe I have read it but can't recall the name or any details about the book.

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By Artchic528 -  Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:18 pm
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- Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:18 pm #346106

Matt wrote:
Artchic528 wrote:It also reminds me of a book I read as a child about a mouse driving a tiny toy motorcycle.
That sounds familiar to me. Do you recall the name of the book? I believe I have read it but can't recall the name or any details about the book.

The name was "The Mouse and the Motorcycle". Here's the wiki page about it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mou ... Motorcycle

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