China:Cat Adopts Rat

China june 13th In a Surprising incident a Rat Has been adopted by a pet cat in China.The cat is nursing it alongside her four kittens.  The Rat has been living with her since the kittens were born four weeks...

Fluoride IS NOT WHAT YOUR THINK!!!! ITS VERY BAD!!!

" Another letter needs to be quoted at length as well to help corroborate Mr. Perkin's testimony. This letter was written by a brilliant (and objectively honest) scientist named Dr. E.H. Bronner. Dr. Bronner was a nephew of the great Albert Einstein, served time in a WWII...

Humans may have come to New Zealand later than thought

"WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Radiocarbon dating of rat bones and rat-gnawed seeds reinforces a theory that human settlers did not arrive in New Zealand until 1300 A.D. -- about 1,000 years later than some scientists believe, according to a study released Tuesday.The first...

Latest news from Ahmadinejad on Israel's 60 anniversary

An opinion on rats expertsLatest news from Ahmadinejad on Israel's 60 anniversary."Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called Israel a "stinking corpse" which is doomed dissappear, as the state...

Chinese New Year Celebrations Worldwide

Gung Hay Fat Choy!For millions of Chinese around the world, the Lunar New Year Holiday is the most important time of the year. In 2008, however, unprecedented cold and wild weather throughout China has wreaked havoc...

Zapped rat causes Stockholm power outage

" STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The electrocution of a fat rat in an electric station Saturday caused a three-hour power outage in Stockholm's central train station, halting elevators and escalators. The...

Hamsters' popularity on the rise

Some people don't like to have rats as pets, but in order to celebrate the Chinese new year, many in China are turning to the next best thing - a hamster. Though some might say a hamster is just a rat with a cuter...

Tension, disaster, turbulence - welcome to the Year of the Rat

Chinese New Year predicts bad times.  Can you put any of this in a fortune cookie?"The Year of the Rat threatens to see a build-up of international tensions, natural and air disasters, and a more turbulent stock market, soothsayers and analysts say."

Image makeover needed for the rat

" Some rat facts include: * Their lifespan is between 1-3 years;* They have no gallbladder;* Rats have a bellybutton;* Rats can't vomit;* They are prolific breeders: A pair of rats can produce 15,000 descendants...

Avoiding a plague of rodents

" A rodent is likely to ruin 10 times as much food as it eats, by contaminating it with their urine, droppings, and fur. If you're wondering how big the problem is, the US Department of Agriculture estimates more than $US2 billion in feed is destroyed by rodents each year. "

Snakes on an actual plane

Last month, 1,550 pounds of reptiles seized aboard Thai Airways flight"HANOI - Vietnam has seized more than a ton of rat snakes found aboard a Vietnam Airlines flight from Bangkok, the second time in about a month such snakes were found in air cargo to Vietnam, state media...

Cow Sized Rat

"You'd be hard-pressed to find a chair big enough on which to jump to escape this fellow. Standing five-foot high at the shoulders and weighing almost a ton, it was the largest rodent ever to scuttle across the Earth...

Car-sized rat fossile found in Uruguay

"Scientists have unearthed the skull of a giant prehistoric rat -- a car-sized behemoth that roamed South America four million years ago, according to a study published in Wednesday`s Proceedings of the Royal Society...

It's either big rat or a tiny possum

From fluorescent genetically engineered cats to giant rats found in a remote forest:"The huge rat - about five times as large as a sewer rat - had no fear of people and regularly wandered into a camp set up by...

IPOD Generation Faces 49 % Taxes

A study carried out by Reform an independent, non-party think tank, suggest there is a better way to deliver the public sector. Their vision is of a Britain with a 21st Century tax system, which introduces public...

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