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	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2004 07:02:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>Rats</title>
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		<description>&lt;a href="http://www.nature.com/nsu/rat/"&gt;Rats.&lt;/a&gt; Nature Rat&apos;s Genome Special &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/nsu/020429/020429-9.html&quot;&gt;Ratbots&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/nsu/040202/040202-2.html&quot;&gt;Rats Gone Wild- Oxfordshire&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/nsu/030922/030922-16.html&quot;&gt;Rat Clones&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/nsu/040329/040329-12.html&quot;&gt;Renaissance rat&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2004 06:49:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Mayor Curley</title>
		<link>http://www.metafilter.com/34161/Rats#697203</link>	
		<description>And, if they lived longer, they&apos;d be amazing pets.</description>
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		<title>By: Hypharse</title>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scary-crayon.com/misc/splinter/&quot; title=&quot;Happy Father&apos;s Day, Master Splinter&quot;&gt;Ninja rats&lt;/a&gt;?</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:08:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>By: srboisvert</title>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt; And, if they lived longer, they&apos;d be amazing pets.&lt;/em&gt;

I&apos;ve had 7.  They seem to live around 1.5 years or so before they start having problems with tumors.

Their short lifespan can also be a boon.   People who handle rats regularly usually develop allergies.  If the lived for 10+ years that would be pretty difficult.

Some rats are incredibly &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.petoftheday.com/archive/1999/October/16.html&quot;&gt;cute&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2004 10:00:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>By: homunculus</title>
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		<description>&lt;a href=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0628_040628_tvrats.html&gt;Rats Rule at Indian Temple&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2004 11:45:21 -0800</pubDate>
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