• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Rats are actually very clean and groom themselves constantly! I’d give mine little baths and they’d just sit there all spooked up waiting for it to be over lol

    They can also be potty trained though males are easier than females so you better be ok with giant nuts being dragged around your place.

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        8 months ago

        It’s a mating strategy as sperm volume increases the rat’s chance to reproduce. Single female mates with multiple males and more volume translates into higher chance for male’s sperm to succeed.

        In general, nut size directly correlates with promiscuity across most species so you can tell how a species fucks just by looking at their balls :D

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        8 months ago

        A rat version of Little Red Riding Hood would be so amazing.

        “Grandma? Why are - why are your… Ehm…”

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      8 months ago

      They can also help people be cleaner. Having them as pets strongly encourages tidy cable management and frequent vacuuming behind furniture. 😁

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      8 months ago

      Nothing that lives in sewage is clean, least not the things that clean themselves with their mouths. What makes something unclean is not dirt, it’s the pathogens.

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        8 months ago

        Exposure empowers the immune system so the “dirty” rat is likely to cary less pathogens than many people 😬