Radical Rodents Posted: 6 months ago by doggylives
Meet the Radical Rodents, the "coolest and hippest rats in the world" and keen surfers from Down Under! Their owner, Shane Willmott of Queensland, takes the rats surfing when the sea is calm and said that they love it!
It says they are mice but they're rats.
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Volcano surfing Posted: 2 months ago by bernardblack
Tired of normal surfing? Have you hit everything from the wave machine at your local swimming pool to the latest tsunami? How about Volcano Surfing? No, not lava surfing, but surfing the waves 20 feet from where the lava hits the ocean. Surfing in boiling hot water is the latest extreme event.
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Swedish Landlord Makes Gruesome Find Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
A Swedish landlord inspecting a recently vacated cottage got an ugly surprise when she found dozens of dead or ailing snakes, mice, rats and lizards locked up in cages inside the house.
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Australian scientists help fat mice lose weight Posted: 4 months ago by pocksucket
By blocking the action of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in mice, Australian researchers have influenced the behaviour of fat cells, causing the rodents to lose weight while simultaneously reducing blood pressure and reducing the risk of diabetes.
Cake loving mice everywhere are rejoicing.
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Study: Toilets Need Radical Redesign Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The Western World's dependence on flush toilets could be its environmental downfall. Toilets that use less water, such as the "squat toilet" in which one squats over a hole in the ground, are prevalent in parts of Asia, Europe and Africa, but a new historical study suggests that after decades of flushing, it will take radical innovations for the mainstream West to adopt any new system.
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Radical new treatment could end transplant crisis by stopping bodies rejecting new organs Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
A radical treatment that "rinses" organs and then implants them with patients' DNA is being hailed as a solution to the transplant crisis.
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Rats, cats work together to sniff out land mines Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
For the past year, a special Colombian police unit has been locking rats in cages with cats as part of a project to train the rodents to sniff out the more than 100,000 land mines planted mostly by leftist rebels across this conflict-wracked Andean country.
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Coming soon: 'chlorine surfers' keen to wave goodbye to packed beaches Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
From 2011, the world's first outdoor artificial surfing machine will try to rival the Atlantic breakers of Devon and Cornwall using cleaned river water. The plan is to persuade surfers to take to their boards in Tower Hamlets rather than make the long drive to the West Country, where the surf is sometimes more millpond than Maui.
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Who knew? Mice have vocal sex too, we just couldn't hear it Posted: 5 months ago by h2so4hurts
No one knew exactly why mice sing, but rats make similar calls during sex, pleasant brain stimulation, and drug use, so psychologists thought the songs might be a sign of happiness.
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2 Billion Mice Overrun China Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
The trouble began when the Yangtze River flooded and drove the mice out of their holes - now the ravenous rodents are wreaking havoc across the countryside.
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Forget Snakes on a Plane. How about Mice in the Toilet? Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
Small neighborhood adjacent to the University of Arizona see an influx of lab mice supposedly coming through their toilets.
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Record Plague Of Mice Posted: 11 months ago by 2manyusernames
Remember the old "Guinness Book of World Records" TV show? Here is a story that will make you cringe. It is about the largest infestation of mice. The number of mice is sickening enough, but when they talk about the kid eating the dead mice...
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Transgendered Women Wearing Lingerie Made From Taxidermied Rats [NSFW] Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
Yeah, obviously not safe for work. An example of "art"? Pics and videos of exactly what it says above. Semi-Women wearing bras, panties, high-heeled shoes and more made from taxidermied rats. Isn't the internet great?
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Eating live frogs, rats "cures tummy upsets" Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
A man in southeast China says 40 years of swallowing tree frogs and rats live has helped him avoid intestinal complaints and made him strong.
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Radical Honesty Posted: 12 months ago by glik
I think you're fat.
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