Oddbean new post about login | logout "Rats have personalities, too. Nearly every researcher I spoke to who had worked directly with the animals recalled individuals whose distinctive way of being in the world stands out in their memories." —J.B. MacKinnon for @1684d60f https://hakaimagazine.com/features/in-defense-of-the-rat/ #Longreads #EditorsPicks #Rats #Science #MistakenIdentity
@a81c537f We live in a city, and wild brown #rats who visit my flowerbed never cause any issues, other than nibbling on a few herbs I grow. lol Rats are harmless for the most part. And, yes, lovable and curious, and playful. We have a birthControl bait box (the box is white) to peacefully coexist, and it’s been working. 💕🐀🐀 Oh, and, #weevil fans, Rhynchites auratus—handsome golden-green weevils—in Saint-Julien, France are at the end of the article.