TV Buzz Rats have eerily human fingers up close. In 1991, Lynch created the world's most disturbing reminder that rats eat trash.
NYC Housing Authority worker of the year! From the Marcy Housing Projects in Brooklyn. It's reportedly three feet long, possibly a Gambian pouched rat, definitely horrifying. (via nydailynews.com)
Take a walk in the shoes of the participants of the “Fancy Rat Convention 2011,” which just happened in NYC. You'll witness a lot of things, like rats in fancy dresses and flowery hats. Just in case you're into that kind of thing.
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They're smart little buggers.
A subway patron shares a plate of pasta with his pet rat in his lap while riding the train. Ugh! It is so gross when people eat food out in the open like that on the subway.
Watch a rat wake up a homeless man sleeping on the NYC subway. IT CRAWLS ON HIS FACE.
Culture Buzz Did you know? Rats can actually be cute. These aren’t the rodents you’d find on the subway tracks, they’re tucked away in beds and on couches. Take a look for yourself.
This totally normal woman keeps rats as pets — and as cadavers! — in her New York apartment. Amazing quotes abound, such as, “When I look at them, I can see god in their eyes. I can see the innocence.” (Via Cynical-C)
A Manhattan mom is one of a cadre of New Yorkers who keeps as pets the rodents the rest of the city despises. She is basically nuts.
Rat power! This is one smart rat, she knows how to bathe herself and even responds to her rat master. It doesn't get cuter than this.
Cuteness in a bath is rat shaped. Watch how Tinkerbell does a very thorough job at cleaning her self in this specially prepared sink bath.
Culture Buzz Thanks to the internet it is now easier than ever to find people who have interests similar to your own. Some of these interests are worth pursuing (bacon) and others are just plain outdated (Hogan's Heroes). Here's a roundup of some of the strangest fan clubs the internet has to offer. Did I miss any? Add your favorites in the comments!
Can anyone identify what species this creature is? It's clearly pretty evil, but it also appears to be tame. Is it some kind of domestic elephant?
The image on the left shows an undeniably cute rat. Which is deeply confusing, because I thought rodents were supposed to be ugly creatures. So which is it? Pick a side of the debate, then post an image of a cute or an ugly rodent to justify your claim. Hopefully we can tip the scales one way or the other and sort this mess out once and for all.
I mean seriously. Not to be down on rats or anything, but I didn't realize they could be quite so outlandishly cute. This is preposterous.
Science Buzz Eighteen Alaskan scientists are on a mission to exterminate an enormous population of Norway rats that have overtaken Rat Island, a tiny island at the end of the Aleutian chain. The rats, who will soon face $3 million worth of tiny toxic pebbles, jumped off a shipwrecked Japanese ship sometime in the 18th century and have been breeding like coeds ever since.