MetaFilter posts tagged with vermin

"Unquiet meals make ill digestions." --William Shakespeare, "The Comedy of Errors"

orthogonality — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:07:39 -0800

"The digested mouse generates the energy to power the trap door, sensor and an LED graphic display on the front of the table."

Some of them can read

Shanachie — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:11:59 -0800

"Rats that survive to the age of four are the wisest and the most cynical beasts on earth. A trap means nothing to them, no matter how skillfully set. They just kick it around until it snaps; then they eat the bait. And they can detect poisoned bait a yard off. I believe some of them can read." Also, they're athletes

Giant Gambian Pouched Rats

eyebeam — Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:50:59 -0800

Giant Gambian Pouched Rats! Curious about these two-foot-long African rodents that have inadvertently gifted our nation's prairie dogs, children, and medical workers with monkeypox? Mary Ann Isaksen writes for the Rat & Mouse Gazette about keeping one of these cute li'l critters as a house pet.