When I was a kid our goat barn got overrun with a local rodent called voles(about the size of a large mouse) I don't think interior Alaska has actual mice or rats so these guys fit into that spot. I caught them constantly every day for about 3 months one spring. I fed some of them to our dog. At first he was quite excited to have the little meaty treats, but even he grew tired of them. Aside from eating the goat's feed, the biggest problem was they pee and poop as they go along thus contaminating the feed!
In Russia they have thanked lab rats. There is a statue in honor of the services to mankind provided by lab rats. I don't know if there's a Jack Black statue anywhere, though.
Ive always had pet rats and they are the sweetest cutest most adorable loving souls , perhaps the h8 towards them comes from the fact they are so like us .
I research with mice. And the albino ones (in mice, at least) are a much friendlier strain. They’re usually less aggressive than the black variants you see in a lot of studies and such. That also could have been a reason Jack Black focused on albino rats... they could have been friendlier to handle.
Rats make great pets. I even toss dog kibble up on the roof of my chicken house for the rats that live in the steeple. They also nab the spilled chicken feed but I can spare a little extra. haha Rats get a bad rap because of our association with them as being plague carriers, but..it was the infected fleas that transmitted the plague and the rats were just the host victims. Also, when forced to live in dirty surroundings and feed on trash they can carry Hep C. however, country rats that feed on fruit and seeds and insects are very healthy little critters that pose no risk to humans. Obviously if you are over run with rats you need to bring out the big guns but I don't mind a bit that I have a few living in my chicken yard. The snakes and owls keep the population in check.
I wouldnt be a rat catcher, but I'm sure one of my fancy rats would want to give Jack Black a thumb, paw?, up for popularizing fancy rats. so that more than a hundred years later, the 4 of them can sleep almost all day in a giant cage and never go hungry
Really interesting video, I've currently got three fancys myself. They're awesome animals, the only downside is their short life spans and that they're prone to health problems. Edit: I'd love a super rat!
Did you call an animal (rat) a strain? Dont think strain pretains to animals as breed or sub species does. Or am i wrong and the term is interchangeable between animals and say plants and fungi
PantsB4Squares A strain is basically a type of rat where all members are closely inbred to minimize genetic variation. There are also outbred “stocks” of rats who are more similar to a dog or horse breed, where similar animals are bred to each otherwhile still maintaining genetic variation.
Fun fact: people who got drunk and went in the rat pits would often get bitten by them, and die not long after from a transmitted diseases. Cute as they may be, please don’t interact with pest/wild/feral animals
I do feel sorry for lab rats, I think at the moment it's widely accepted that the killing or mistreating of animals for the benefit of humans is a normal thing but I wouldn't be surprised if in the next few hundred years (if humanity lasts that long) there's serious moral consideration from the majority of people about whether this is fair.
I doubt the world will start considering it until they can artificially reproduce the same research without using lab-born rats. For now, most of the world still treats them like pests.
Why is it right or wrong to preform these cruel experiments on animals? Ask yourself, what trait present in rats justifies our cruel treatment of them, that if also present in a Human would justify giving them the same treatment? For example if you say intelligence, or rather lack their of, as the trait; well if a a Human is proven sufficiently unintelligent, would it then also justify the same experiments be run on them?
I have 6 pet rats, amazing, intelligent and endearing little creatures! So curious and playful, always brighten my day with their antics 🐀
MadHatt3r such underrated great pets .
I have had many pet rats over the years. They are extremely friendly and intelligent and make amazing pets ❤
When I was a kid our goat barn got overrun with a local rodent called voles(about the size of a large mouse) I don't think interior Alaska has actual mice or rats so these guys fit into that spot. I caught them constantly every day for about 3 months one spring. I fed some of them to our dog. At first he was quite excited to have the little meaty treats, but even he grew tired of them. Aside from eating the goat's feed, the biggest problem was they pee and poop as they go along thus contaminating the feed!
In Russia they have thanked lab rats. There is a statue in honor of the services to mankind provided by lab rats. I don't know if there's a Jack Black statue anywhere, though.
Cant believe I just found this channel. Great content.
We once looked through our family archives and it was stated that my great grandfather was a rat catcher in Devon, England.
Ive always had pet rats and they are the sweetest cutest most adorable loving souls , perhaps the h8 towards them comes from the fact they are so like us .
Sounds like Jack Black had a very Infesting job.
You could also say it was (amazing) for him to catch the rats and sell them to scientists.
I research with mice. And the albino ones (in mice, at least) are a much friendlier strain. They’re usually less aggressive than the black variants you see in a lot of studies and such. That also could have been a reason Jack Black focused on albino rats... they could have been friendlier to handle.
Rats make great pets. I even toss dog kibble up on the roof of my chicken house for the rats that live in the steeple. They also nab the spilled chicken feed but I can spare a little extra. haha
Rats get a bad rap because of our association with them as being plague carriers, but..it was the infected fleas that transmitted the plague and the rats were just the host victims. Also, when forced to live in dirty surroundings and feed on trash they can carry Hep C. however, country rats that feed on fruit and seeds and insects are very healthy little critters that pose no risk to humans. Obviously if you are over run with rats you need to bring out the big guns but I don't mind a bit that I have a few living in my chicken yard. The snakes and owls keep the population in check.
I wouldnt be a rat catcher, but I'm sure one of my fancy rats would want to give Jack Black a thumb, paw?, up for popularizing fancy rats. so that more than a hundred years later, the 4 of them can sleep almost all day in a giant cage and never go hungry
Really interesting video, I've currently got three fancys myself. They're awesome animals, the only downside is their short life spans and that they're prone to health problems. Edit: I'd love a super rat!
Excellent!
Sending out some major Charlie Day vibes this episode lol
I like rats too. Use to have pet rats as a kid.
Thumbs up. ENJOY... THE SIMPLE LIFE
My wife had 4 pet rats at one time. Very sweet little creatures. Sadly they only live about 2 years.
Did you call an animal (rat) a strain? Dont think strain pretains to animals as breed or sub species does. Or am i wrong and the term is interchangeable between animals and say plants and fungi
PantsB4Squares A strain is basically a type of rat where all members are closely inbred to minimize genetic variation. There are also outbred “stocks” of rats who are more similar to a dog or horse breed, where similar animals are bred to each otherwhile still maintaining genetic variation.
That is a weird and somewhat creepy story
Fun fact: people who got drunk and went in the rat pits would often get bitten by them, and die not long after from a transmitted diseases.
Cute as they may be, please don’t interact with pest/wild/feral animals
Jack Black, hell yeah.
ugh rats are stupid cute
I made a video about rats a few weeks ago! ruclips.net/video/-9QSP5b8S6A/видео.html
We had pet rats, very smart little guys.
G'day,
I have neither Mice nor Rats around my Camp, because the Wild Yellow-Footed Antichinus like to kill & eat them...
Such is Life,
;-p
Ciao !
Thumb up for a clean rat in a lab or a home.
Thumb down for rats on the streets.
Rats arent an accurate comparison to humans tho, even though we have similar genomes it doesnt make then reliable data collection
It depends on what you're studying. Sometimes they're great human-analogs.
People keep Hamsters is that strange?
@peta
Give yourself a shave, grab some glasses and troll the internet as Jeff Kaplan
We could use more cat catchers now days.
I do feel sorry for lab rats, I think at the moment it's widely accepted that the killing or mistreating of animals for the benefit of humans is a normal thing but I wouldn't be surprised if in the next few hundred years (if humanity lasts that long) there's serious moral consideration from the majority of people about whether this is fair.
I doubt the world will start considering it until they can artificially reproduce the same research without using lab-born rats. For now, most of the world still treats them like pests.
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yep
Why is it right or wrong to preform these cruel experiments on animals? Ask yourself, what trait present in rats justifies our cruel treatment of them, that if also present in a Human would justify giving them the same treatment?
For example if you say intelligence, or rather lack their of, as the trait; well if a a Human is proven sufficiently unintelligent, would it then also justify the same experiments be run on them?
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Rats dif not spread the plague. Squerls did.
Rats are the only animal that I'm happy to see them suffering!