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Message started by Serowbot on 12/08/11 at 23:25:36

Title: Compassionate rat...
Post by Serowbot on 12/08/11 at 23:25:36

Well,.. I'll be boogered... :-?...
Study says,... rats will show compassion to a fellow rat, even when tempted by chocolate... ...releasing their fellow rat, to share a chocolate....

We should aspire to be so noble and chivalrous as a rat...
... inspiring..... ;)...

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/12/08/20111208study-rats-not-selfish-show-compassion.html
http://i.azcentral.com/i/sized/0/8/3/e298/j350/PHP4EE120E34D380.jpg

Peace,
Serow

Title: Re: Compassionate rat...
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/09/11 at 00:18:30

Its not as big of a deal as you mite think. Rats dont feel the same about chocolate as people do.,I worked with a guy once who hardly touched chocolate, & he was one of the sorriest rats I ever met.
Actually, thats pretty amazing, people could learn a thing or 2.

I think its pretty telling of what someone is all about if they can watch Americas Funniest Videos. I jump & lurch & recoil,, few of the clips are acceptable to me. Seriously, whats funny about a kid crashing a skateboard & doin a faceplant? Or landing on a handrail & riding his coin purse to the bottom? A baby puking on someone is funny why? People who laff at the pain of others need to really think about why they do that..

Title: Re: Compassionate rat...
Post by arteacher on 12/09/11 at 04:32:35

I don't think there is anything ground breaking here. All most warm blooded animals have an instinctive need for companionship. The rats would have to have been taught to open the cages- usually with a reward, and they probably were doing just that. I worked with rats in college, and bred fancy mice for a couple of years (until, the smell finally got to me), and observed a lot of "human-like" behavior. I think the lesson is not that rats show human traits, but that humans show rat-like traits. ;)

Title: Re: Compassionate rat...
Post by TestPro on 12/09/11 at 10:00:54

I like rats...
http://pbmo.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/rat-fink1.jpg