Teenager Quercy is contemplating writing a sprawling future epic about an immortal rat who explores the galaxy 19th-century style and spouts the wisdom of the successful colonizer.

He'll call it "Time Enough For Noms."

#petRats #rats

Teenager Quercy is contemplating writing a sprawling future epic about an immortal rat who explores the galaxy 19th-century style and spouts the wisdom of the successful colonizer.

He'll call it "Time Enough For Noms."

#petRats #rats

Fungicide vinclozin causes disease via germline for 20 generations in rats

https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2523071123

#HackerNews #Fungicide #vinclozin #germline #disease #rats #research #health #science #toxicology

Quercy has encountered a Thought. It worried him. He would like to avoid such encounters in the future. #petRats #rats

Quercy has encountered a Thought. It worried him. He would like to avoid such encounters in the future. #petRats #rats

Folklore read live!

Was a rodent an ill omen or a holy messenger?

Find out in tonight's tales @ 6:30 pm PST/9:30 pm EST: https://youtube.com/live/xCa4m5EvtWg

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #legend #rodent #piedpiper #rats #mi

Folklore read live!

Was a rodent an ill omen or a holy messenger?

Find out in tonight's tales @ 6:30 pm PST/9:30 pm EST: https://youtube.com/live/xCa4m5EvtWg

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #legend #rodent #piedpiper #rats #mi

Today, please permit me to introduce Fermiere, Fermi for short.

This little guy has a talent for crime. The first time Fermi came out of the cage, he stole the list of cheese names we were picking names from. #petRats #rats

Today, please permit me to introduce Fermiere, Fermi for short.

This little guy has a talent for crime. The first time Fermi came out of the cage, he stole the list of cheese names we were picking names from. #petRats #rats

I'd like to introduce you to Quercy. #petRats #rats

I'd like to introduce you to Quercy. #petRats #rats

Cashel would like to register his concerns about the new downstairs neighbors. They exist, and he's not allowed to go tell them he's in charge. #petRats #rats

Cashel would like to register his concerns about the new downstairs neighbors. They exist, and he's not allowed to go tell them he's in charge. #petRats #rats

🐭🎡 For years, scientists thought captive #mice ran on wheels because they were bored. But when researchers put wheels in the wild, they found that free-roaming mice, #rats, and even #frogs lined up for a turn, just for fun.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/wild-mice-hamster-wheel-study-play/

#science #biology #animals #nature #wildlife #research #evolution #ecology

🐭🎡 For years, scientists thought captive #mice ran on wheels because they were bored. But when researchers put wheels in the wild, they found that free-roaming mice, #rats, and even #frogs lined up for a turn, just for fun.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/wild-mice-hamster-wheel-study-play/

#science #biology #animals #nature #wildlife #research #evolution #ecology

Total time elapsed between entering their new cage and discovering the hammock: four minutes. #petRats #rats

(No, they haven't told us their names yet.)

We lost Mezzo last night. He went peacefully in his sleep.

That leaves us with Cashel, who really needs friends but is too fragile and cranky to make them. He's getting lot of thumb-beast attention for the rest of his life. #petRats #rats

The baby hairless rats I'm fostering arrived today. Meet Zora and Zanda!

They're virtually identical except for slight differences in the markings on top of their heads, and no one knows which one is which 😂

They're just over one month old. I only have them for a few days, there's already a person who wants to adopt them permanently.

Here are some videos of them:
Eating supper, https://youtu.be/R33fINXGbuo?si=ZORjiEo4IjSOk9e8

Figuring out how to run on the wheel for the first time https://youtu.be/0eDXXZ5KiUs?si=qQMtar41FLKadjy0

Drinking https://youtu.be/hmy0JkceWrg?si=p8s6IKQkw5iI_vGh

#rats #RatsOfMastodon #RatFosterDiary