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tcpipAt some stage I'll make a post that doesn't involve yet another offering to Thanatos. Picador, one of the collection of ratlings of January 1st 2012, just died at twenty eight months, or 70 human years. She'd slowed down a great deal in the past month or so, undoubtably the result of a stroke, which is quite common in aging rats. Nevertheless she was still very fond of her foods, as she always had been. Of the three that we kept from 2012 (Picador, Pranker, Pierrot), Picador was most certainly the slackest and the most reclusive of the trio, preferring the delights of sleep and food - unsurprisingly she was also the most rotund. In her last month however she really quite came out and enthusiastically welcomed time snuggled up with her human servants.
This leaves our household with but one rat; the everyoung Prankster who - despite two tumor operations and evidence of yet another - is still bright-eyed, active, and wiry. When she runs about, her tail is still held high, evidence that he musculture and nervous system is still youthful. If it wasn't for her propensity to tumors, I wouldn't be surprised if she made it well into her fourth year. Realistically, I have to be prepared for yet another rodent demise.
This leaves our household with but one rat; the everyoung Prankster who - despite two tumor operations and evidence of yet another - is still bright-eyed, active, and wiry. When she runs about, her tail is still held high, evidence that he musculture and nervous system is still youthful. If it wasn't for her propensity to tumors, I wouldn't be surprised if she made it well into her fourth year. Realistically, I have to be prepared for yet another rodent demise.
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Date: 2014-05-01 02:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-01 03:40 am (UTC)A founding member! Now I'm thinking about when was the first rat?
To google!
Yes, yes, central Asia, dawn of history. Knew that... Aha! Rattus fuscipes, c3 mya. Hey, it's the Australian Bush Rat. Who knew? Australia is the original rat home.
http://www.ratbehavior.org/history.htm
(Older of course depending on where you put the genus line)
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Date: 2014-05-01 04:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-01 04:07 am (UTC)