Iranian rocket Kavoshgar-3 launched into space today with worms, two turtles and a rat on board. Today's launch marks the first time that Iran launched living creatures into space. The launch was accompanied by the...
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Volcanic Find: Giant Rat Species Discovery A BBC film crew has discovered a giant rat living in a volcano in Papua New Guinea. The rat measured 82 cm (32.3 inches) from nose to tail and weighs 1.5 kg. The BBC team...
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Ok, disgusting!"The rat, which weighed six pounds and had a 12-inch tail, was caught at the weekend in a residential area of Fuzhou, a city of six million people on China's south coast. The ratcatcher, who was only named as Mr Xian, said he swooped for the rodent after seeing...
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The global food crisis continues to fuel food price inflation and send many into hunger and despair. Around the world, solutions are being sought to the urgent need for more and cheaper food. Right now there are...
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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...
" 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...
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"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...
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...
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" 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....
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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...
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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...
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."
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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...
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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. "
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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...