Rodents will swim for fresh tuna?

September 25, 2001 10:07 AM

Rodents will swim for fresh tuna? "Wrecked Taiwanese tuna vessel. Still had tons of tuna on board. Thousands of rats had taken over ship with relatively unlimited food supply." The boat is in open water. Maybe the rats sent out a reconnaisance team first? Do they really swim that well or could it be the tide goes down and they run for it? If they do swim that well, how did they get on to the boat?
posted by mmarcos (16 comments total)

Um, they were on the boat in the first place?
posted by Doug at 10:08 AM on September 25, 2001

They used really little boats.
posted by Fat Elvis at 10:13 AM on September 25, 2001

Yeah, they were on board and mated.
posted by jragon at 10:20 AM on September 25, 2001

Paper planes and little parachutes?
posted by matteo at 10:26 AM on September 25, 2001

very small rocks?
posted by th3ph17 at 10:46 AM on September 25, 2001

Mice are, in fact, pan-dimensional hyperbeings!

Wait, it's been done.
posted by Hima Otsubusu at 10:59 AM on September 25, 2001

variation on spontaneous generation: instead of rats from grain, it's rats from tuna.
posted by tolkhan at 11:10 AM on September 25, 2001

Kids just come running for the great taste of Maypo, er, um.. Rats, swimming and Tuna.
posted by tj at 11:20 AM on September 25, 2001

WTF does "relatively unlimited" mean?
posted by ericost at 11:21 AM on September 25, 2001

I have a pet rat, and I can vouch for the fact that they are excellent swimmers, and determined little animals.

They also have testicles the size of their skulls (no joke), so yes, I would bet they reproduced like crazy once on the ship.
posted by arielmeadow at 11:39 AM on September 25, 2001

Arielmeadow solved it: They used their testicles as floatation devices.
posted by Doug at 11:42 AM on September 25, 2001

I'd be pretty embarrassed if I posted this link, with those questions.

I'm going to be kind and score it as a troll.
posted by websavvy at 12:24 PM on September 25, 2001

I'd be embarrased for not sensing a person's sarcasm.
posted by alex3005 at 12:49 PM on September 25, 2001

the photo is from 1971. is it still there? and are they still eating "fresh" tuna?
posted by o2b at 2:24 PM on September 25, 2001

Maybe they got lessons from these mussel fishing rats.
posted by Aurantiacus at 2:41 PM on September 25, 2001

Troll for what or for whom? The rat community? Tuna-fish lovers?
posted by cell divide at 3:14 PM on September 25, 2001