Interesting Facts about Rats
- The popular species of rats are Black rates and brown rats. This species are known as old world rats.
- In China, rats were eaten to reduce their population. But later rat dish became popular.
- Rats are bigger than mice which are their relatives. Their weight can up to 500 grams.
- Male rats are called bucks, unmated females are called does, pregnant or parent females are called dams, and infants are called kittens or pups.
- In Thailand, rat meat is delicacy dish for visitors.
- A group of rats is either referred to as a pack or a mischief.
- Because of the ability to learn, rats were early on investigated to see whether they may exhibit general intelligence, expressed by the presence of a g factor, like larger or more complex animals
- In some countries rate meat is eaten for fears of disease or religious prohibition, but in many places, the high number of rats has led to their incorporation into the local diets.
- In the Mishmi culture of India, rats are essential to the traditional diet, as Mishmi women may eat no meat except fish, pork, wild birds and rats.
- In Vietnam, the government has banned to eat cats and snake because rats population had increased very much.
- Bandicoot rats are an important food source among some peoples in Southeast Asia, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimated rat meat makes up half the locally produced meat consumed in Ghana, where cane rats are farmed and hunted
- Rats are a common food for snakes.
- Rats Meat is also used in some treatment.
- A rat is the first of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.
- In India, rats are seen as the vehicle of Ganesha, and a rat's statue is always found in a temple of Ganesh.
- Rat-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of rats in a pit. But now this is banned in many courtiers.
- A working rat is trained for specific tasks as a working animal. In many cases, working rats are domesticated brown rats.
- Delicious rat meat is served with rice and alcohol.
- Some rats are trained to appear in magic acts, music videos, movies, and television shows.
- Samantha Martin, a professional animal trainer, has claimed that rats are one of the easiest animals to train due to their adaptability, intelligence, and focus.
- The fancy rats are most common type of pet rat.
- Rat meat is also eaten in many cities of India.
- Domesticated rates have long lifespan than wild rats. Because domesticated rate are protected from predators, and easily access food water shelter, and medical care.
- However, wild rats generally have larger brains, hearts, livers, kidneys, and adrenal glands than laboratory rats.
- After adding spices rat's meat becomes tasty.
- Sometime rat care of their sick companions.
- A fancy rat lifespan is 2 to 3 years.
- Domesticated rats lifespan is 2 years and a wild rat is 1 year.
