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Rats get excited, 'giggle' when tickled
FoxNews.com ^ | November 11, 2016 | John Johnson

Posted on 11/12/2016 9:17:27 AM PST by nickedknack

Freudensprungen! That, as the New York Times explains, happens to be the scientific term for jumping for joy, and a new study reveals that rats are among the animals that partake.

The study, in fact, also shows that rats love to be tickled and that they burst out in the equivalent of rat laughter during the tickling.


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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: giggle; rats; tickle
Yes, but 'RATS only giggle at other people's pain.
1 posted on 11/12/2016 9:17:27 AM PST by nickedknack
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To: nickedknack

The thought of Rats ‘giggling’ is both amusing and incredibly disgusting. I can see it though. They are smart creatures.


2 posted on 11/12/2016 9:21:46 AM PST by lee martell
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To: nickedknack
I don't think they are giggling.

Crying, maybe.


3 posted on 11/12/2016 9:23:37 AM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!!)
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To: nickedknack

....so do ugly libtard women, but why bother


4 posted on 11/12/2016 9:23:53 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: nickedknack

There is also bruxing (teeth grinding) and eye bulging when they are happy. Rats (not the political party) make wonderful pets.


5 posted on 11/12/2016 9:24:54 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: nickedknack

6 posted on 11/12/2016 9:24:54 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: nickedknack

no video backign up the claim that rats ‘laugh’ so that people can judge for themselves?


7 posted on 11/12/2016 9:25:57 AM PST by Bob434
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To: lee martell

It is to make a rat laugh. Tickling is a kind of genteel torture, that can easily go too far very quickly.


8 posted on 11/12/2016 9:28:07 AM PST by alloysteel (Je suis deplorable.)
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To: nickedknack
a new study reveals ...
Sounds like money well spent. NOT!
9 posted on 11/12/2016 9:32:52 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Lazamataz

LOL! Reminds me of a chem-lab eyewash, but operating in reverse!


10 posted on 11/12/2016 9:35:04 AM PST by Flick Lives (Les Deplorables Triumphant!)
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To: nickedknack

Just keep in mind that real rats are a step above DemoRats.


11 posted on 11/12/2016 9:41:16 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Lazamataz

Is that another Anti-Trump sore loser?


12 posted on 11/12/2016 9:45:11 AM PST by lee martell
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To: SpaceBar
Outlawed in Alberta. A $5,000 fine for having a pet rodent. We even have a 'Rat Patrol' to keep the 'Norway rat' out of the Province from the East and the South. (Because of the cold weather in the Rockies, they can't come over the mountains, so there is no such patrol on the West border with BC.)

Unfortunately, the 'Rat Patrol' jurisdiction is only rats of the rodent variety, as witnessed by the current Alberta NDP majority government.

13 posted on 11/12/2016 9:49:12 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: nickedknack

Sounds like Fahrvergnugen, on the Volkswagon commercials from 1990.


14 posted on 11/12/2016 10:02:56 AM PST by lee martell
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To: nickedknack

I thought the Rats were rioting.


15 posted on 11/12/2016 10:23:56 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: nickedknack

I never noticed that about Democrats, but I’m willing to take your word for it.


16 posted on 11/12/2016 10:48:08 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: nickedknack

But the rioters are DEMONrats. Not sure tickling works on those.


17 posted on 11/12/2016 10:51:49 AM PST by Zack Attack
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