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Published: 2008-10-18 07:16:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 495; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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Dwarf siamese rattie 'Mario' perched next to a retired Sprague-Dawley lab rat at the fall '08 RatsPacNW rat show. Such an extreme size difference!Related content
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Never had any idea the size difference was so extreme. HOLY!!!!
Are lab rats different than regular rats in any way? are they bigger?
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Size is based on lines, and there's MANY lines of lab rats, breeder rats, and feeder rats. General size, depends on the line.
I have a couple differnt 'lines' in my rattery, and even among them, there's a big size difference. My Dalmatian boys are often over 2 pounds, while my merle line, the boys are often only the size of my Dal girls
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D'awww. So cute! x3
The little one's got a great expression. He looks kinda like an elf. Haha.
And the big guy just looks like a big squish... I want to cuddle him. :3
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Such a lovely photo~<3
Lovely rats and mini is cute too.^^
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Rats are so beautiful.
I had one in my basement, but the poor thing was sick and my dad poisoned it. :/ I wanted to just get it out of the house but I wonder now if poisoning it was better. Rabies is horrible, but I'm unsure of how it affects a rat.
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Rats have never been reported carriers of rabies (Likely because any animal able to transmit it to them, would kill them), but there are other diseases that rats can spread.
Pet rats are not closely related to wild rats. Wild rats vs pet rats are like comparing a wild wolf, to a Poodle. Separated not only by nurture, but extreme docility through domestication.
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Oh, really? I learned something new. Wait till I tell my father.
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Rats have been domesticated over 100 years.... which may not sound like long compared to dogs, until you think about the fact they breed at only a few months of age!
Like with domestic canids, pet rats mine as well be a differnt species from their wild ancestors.
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