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The rat hunters’ primary motivation, they say, is making their dogs happy. The free pest control for the city is a bonus. But the dogs aren’t the only ones having fun. The humans see it as a ...

Olive and Bear are two dumbo rats that know exactly what they enjoy in life and are not afraid to show it. On one particular occasion the two rats were given a relaxing bath by their owner. To show ...

Prior research has also shown that groups of caged rats emit high-pitched squeaks when happy and lower-pitched sounds when they are not. Some in the field have suggested this behavior is similar ...

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Scientists have previously discovered that rats make very high-pitched, choppy squeaks (at about 50 kHz) when they are happy and make lower-pitched, longer calls (at about 22 kHz) when they are ...