Rats

50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. A rat is any of about 56 different species of small, nearly omnivorous rodents belonging to the genus Rattus. The most well-known species are the Black Rat Rattus rattus and the Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus. The group is generally known as the old world rats or true rats, and originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than their relatives the mice, but seldom weigh over 500 grams in the wild. The common term rat< ...

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Rats: Encyclopedia II - Rat - Rats in culture In imperial Chinese culture, the rat (sometimes referred to as a mouse) is the first of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. Consequently every twelfth year is known as a "year of the rat" in the Chinese calendar. People born in such years are expected to possess qualities associated with rats. These include creativity, honesty, generosity, ambition, a quick temper and wastefulness. "Rats" (i.e. people born in a year of the rat) are said to get along well with "monkeys" and "dragons," ...

The Brown Rat or Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) is one of the most well-known and common rats, and also one of the largest. Thought to have originated in northern China, this rodent has now spread to all continents and is the dominant rat in Europe and much of North America. It is a common pest wherever humans live, particularly in urban areas and degraded environments. Selective breeding of Rattus norvegicus has produced the laboratory rat, an important model organism in biological research, as well as pet

Rats: Encyclopedia - Black Rat

The Black Rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Asian Black Rat, Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (Old World rodents) and the subfamily murinae (Murine rodents). The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Roman times before reaching Europe in the 8th Century and spreading with Europeans across the world. Today it is again largely confined to warmer areas, having been supplanted by the Brown R ...

Rats: Encyclopedia - Bandicoot rat

The Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota bengalensis, is a giant rat of southern Asia, not related to the true bandicoots. It is considered a pest in the cereal crops and gardens of India and Sri Lanka, and emits piglike grunts when attacking. The name bandicoot is derived from the Telugu language word "Pandhikukka" which translates loosely to "pig-dog". Like the better known rats in the genus Rattus, Bandicoot Rats are members of the family Muridae. The fur is dark or (rarely) pale brown dorsally, occasionally blackish, and light to dark grey ventrally. The head-body length is around 250 mm, and the unifo ...

Rats: Encyclopedia - Willard 1971 film

Willard is a 1971 horror film starring Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine, directed by Daniel Mann. The movie is based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Gilbert Ralston (as Stephen Gilbert), and was nominated for an Edgar Award for best picture. The supporting cast included one of Elsa Lanchester's last performances, and one of Sondra Locke's first. It depicts the social misfit Willard's inexplicable affinity for rats. However, when one of them dies at work, Willard uses his rats to attack his co-workers. A sequel called Ben (af ...

Rats: Encyclopedia - Willard 2003 film

Willard is a 2003 movie directed by Glen Morgan. It is a remake of the 1971 film Willard. Willard 2003 film - Plot. Tagline: A new breed of friendship. Willard Stiles (played by Crispin Glover) is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta (Jackie Burroughs) in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. Willard finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his co-workers and is eventually fired b ...

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Rats: Encyclopedia - Etymology of India

India is a nation with three main names in official and popular use, and with historical and cultural importance. All three names were originally accorded to a single entity comprising all the moderns nations of the Indian subcontinent. Etymology of India - India. The first Article of the Constitution of India, which deals with the official name, states that "India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states." Thus, not only in usage but officially India and Bharat are both accorded primary status. T ...

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Rats: Encyclopedia - Bob Geldof

Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof, KBE (born October 5, 1951 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin) is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist, known simply as Bob Geldof. He is of Irish and Belgian extraction. Bob Geldof - Early career. Geldof was educated at Blackrock College near Dublin, a school whose staunch Catholic nationalist ethos he disliked. He started as a music journalist in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for the weekly Georgia Straight publication before coming to fame in ...

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Rats: Encyclopedia - Abortion-breast cancer ABC hypothesis

The controversial abortion-breast cancer (ABC) hypothesis posits a causal relationship between having an induced abortion and a higher risk of developing breast cancer in the future. An increased level of estrogen in early pregnancy helps to initiate cellular differentiation (growth) in the breast in preparation for lactation. If this process is terminated, through abortion, before full differentiation in the third trimester, then more "vulnerable" undifferentiated cells will be left than there were prior to the pregnancy. It is propo ...

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Rats: Encyclopedia - Water police

Water police, also called harbour patrols, port police, marine police, or river police, are police officers, usually a department of a larger police organisation, who patrol in water craft. Their patrol areas may be coastal sea waters, rivers, estuaries, harbours, lakes, canals or a combination of these. Water police are usually responsible for ensuring the safety of water users, enforcing laws relating to water traffic, preventing crime on vessels, banks and shores, providing search and rescue servi ...

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Rats: Mysticism Magick Dictionary on RAT

RAT

The female form of "Ra" (Mother of Geb, Nut, Shu and Tefnut).

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Rats: Encyclopedia II - Rat baiting - Technique

Rat killing is a very specialized art. For this purpose you needed not only a brave dog, which did not shy away from rat bites, but one of especially great speed. The true rat killer bites once, drops the rat, bites again, drops again and so on. Some dogs shake the caught rat to prevent it from biting. A dog that wastes its time with shaking has absolutely no chance of winning a rat killing contest, which is decided chiefly on time. The successful rat killer seizes the rat between head and shoulder, which prevents the rat from biting and kil ...

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