Clever rodent leads scientists on four-month wild rat chase

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Experiment ends in wild rat chase


Scientists got more than they bargained for when they released a single rat named Razza in an experiment into why rats are so hard to eradicate.

Razza avoided traps, escaped dogs, and ultimately swam a record distance from one uninhabited island to another.

Researchers from the University of Auckland in New Zealand had problems catching him even though they had fitted him with a radio transmitter.

He was finally killed by a trap 18 weeks after the experiment began.

The researchers released Razza to study "the problem of rats reinvading islands that have been cleared", author Mick Clout told the Associated Press news agency.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4366480.stm

[LiberalEsto]

1. Is this a parable on KKKarl R? nt

[NNadir]

3. Please don't insult rats.

Although rats are considered vermin in certain ways, they have actually contributed quite a bit to humanity, particularly with respect to research.

Karl Rove shares with rats the distinction of being vermin, but as far as I can tell, he is devoid of any contribution to humanity.

Therefore the rat suffers from the comparison.

[Maat]

2. My family and I have two pet rats ..

all I can say is that our two "rat sisters" are VERY intelligent.