Other rats: I was traumatized and induced to fight and undergo psychological torture to research drug addiction Buddy: I was given free food and tickles to talk into a microphone
They say cats are often primarily hunting by sound, and can hear quite high frequencies. If rats and mice are this noisy in ultrasonic frequencies, that would certainly make sense...
Those squeaks are how wolves, foxes, and dogs know where to pounce on the snow to get the rat beneath it. I watched a border collie hunting mice in the snow. She would leap up and come down with her front paws on the mouse. I of course, was completely oblivious to what she was after, until she caught one.
+Macnutz420: Interesting; I didn't know that canines other than foxes did that. (I guess they just do it in a particularly acrobatic and photogenic way.) +mofo syne: Heh heh. Well, cats do make some sounds that are believed to be bird imitations, to lure them close while hunting, so that's pretty much trolling.
i don't know if ultrasonic would be useful for a cat. It doesn't penetrate paper so the cat wouldn't hear them talking in a wall. More likely they'd hear them skittering around in the wall or hay or whatever.
They deserve infinite understanding regardless of whatever they "do" (have horrifically done to them) for humans. Their worth as sentient beings isn't dependent on US.
OMG! if that thought it would sound that way I would have abstained,@@aryastark3148! I did mention loved understanding, why pick the one negative! There's nothing worse than sounding antagonistic to start dialogue... maybe saying what I said is a way to get non rat lover to at least respect them... I'm sad to have my words used against that goal!
of course they do ! Why wouldn't they ? I've seen many types of animals laughing, dogs, birds, chimps, dolphins. Some even have a sense of humour ! (they really do !)
Yes, it might be laughing, but since different species make such different kinds of sounds, we need a definition of laughing that we can use to distinguish laughing from other sounds across species. I have no idea how to do that, but I suspect it could be worked out.
I know, they ignore what rats might actually be saying during a lot of experiments. But I think distress calls are in the lower frequencies we can hear. It is their happy calls that are much higher.
MrAnymeansnecessary they likely didn't know that but since they said to look to rescue shelters, they're probably hoping that those shelters will teach those coming in, that are interested in rat adoption, about having rats as pets.
We always had two rats for my dad’s classroom. The kids loved them and the rats loved the attention. Anyway one died of old age and the other one was still completely healthy. But the other one still died 3 days later, we think it’s because she was sad. They’re extremely social animals, it’s fascinating. We always adopt in pairs.
Ratfolk teaching their kids story: - The battle of the Junkyard happened at a junkyard, it lasted 3 hours, the axis sent in their most powerful tanks, the weasels. They slaughtered our species, they didn't even spared our kids.
That's so surprising that for an animal that's been essential and present for so many scientific studies, so little attention/funding has been given to understanding such a vital part of their behaviour until now! Interesting how some things just get essentially drowned out in importance compared to other things. Makes you wonder what else might have been put on the back-burner for all these years just waiting to be uncovered!
Yeah, it's crazy! They seemingly have an entire rich language, probably about as complex as a dolphin or whale, but much less studied. Considering the rat's indispensability in lab trials, it blows my mind that it doesn't get at least the same degree of attention. With advancements in neural networks, maybe we'll actually have a way to legitimately communicate verbally with social animals, maybe in just a few years
Research needs an incentive to be made, because it's costly and time consuming, doing clinical testing on rats is more important than understanding their language, that's why nobody really did a research on it, but I agree, I think it's a fascinating topic.
Oh my god, it would be revolutionary to create "hearing aids" that let you talk with rodents!! I would LOVE to understand what my little buddy is saying. And can you imagine the devlopment of the rat calls ro different animals? Cats, Dogs, Parrots, and so much more. And it would possibly helpful to get scientists to feel empathy for animals used as harmful test subjects. We as humans tend to disregard other beings if they don't speak our language, or if they can't communicate in the way we do. Imagine scientists actually holding back, because they can understand some of the fear that goes through those little beans. And finding a BETTER way to test products for humans. There's so much potential for this project. I really hope that it continues in motion.
My boys were playing in their cage till my friend sent me this video. They ran to the cage door and wouldn't stop bruxy (if that's how you spell it) till I played the video
@@Valrax They are very social! Even if you pay lots of attention to them, they still need a friend of their own kind. It affects their health and mind to be the only rat. Hope this helps!
@@Valrax That's so fun! I have 3 guinea pigs. They require a good amount of maintenance but they're so sweet and fun. Good luck with your rats! I hear they are very loyal and loving, and smart too
The fact that the end of this encouraged people to rescue rats! Thank you so much. Not only was this super interesting but as a rat lover and advocate trying to get our fellow humans to understand what amazing creatures they are it made me so happy for you to make sure your viewers recognized their value as amazing pets. SPCAs also sometimes carry small animal departments :)
I want to record more squeaks! Would love to help, have 8 rats. And we observed that they started making noises on lower frequencies! As if they understood we can't hear the higher ones.
Fr i have rats, everytime they either want something or something hurts they make lower pitch noises but when theyre chatting u can hardly hear anything
Not really talking, but undestanding. Even if animals had a language, language is a cultural thing, so only organized groups of animals will share a language, one that other groups completely separated would not be able to understand What we can is underatand the emotions and motivations behind their sounds, and that it's great, but it's mainly to get more information about experiments made with said animals
@@sebastiangudino9377 If we can understand what squeaks mean, we could isolate them then reproduce them with ultrasonic equipment in order to "talk". So yes, it could lead to literally talking with the animals via computer interface and AI programs.
@@andrelaurent9607 Petting a rat in a subway is the equivalent of trying to walk up and pet a wolf or coyote or bobcat in the wild-- with the same expected results. But there are rats that have been kept by humans for countless generations and are thus more equivalent to domesticated dogs or cats. Although I don't know about the idea of rats having more personality than dogs. That seems doubtful.
Yes. They are gorgeous. I had rats when I was a kid. They were the best pets and full of personality. They are very clean so long as they are looked after properly.
Rats are so cool. There’s a cat cafe in NYC that has adoptable cats and kittens for ppl to come play with and possible adopt. They ended up with a rat that needed up being a kind of kitten nanny. It cared for the kittens until its death but by that point they’d gotten another rat or two that also acted as a kitten nurse maid. Such a cool story.
Here another interesting fact, cat have parasites to mind control rats to make them come towards them to be eaten. So what your seeing might actually be the parasites doing their work.
@Knight Might be, that's a pretty interesting phenomena, but they're also very social across species lines. They are some of the few animals we know have empathy cross-species (we've measured their mirror neuron activity), and most rats tend to prefer coexisting with other creatures rather than active competition - especially domesticated ones, for obvious reasons. It's similar to other domesticated animals, like the cats themselves, just a bit more pronounced in rodents. Mine were as affectionate with my dogs as much as they were to us and each other. No cats for miles!
Rats are amazing, adorable creatures. They make great pets. I love how researchers get ideas to use something that is meant to be used for something specific and apply it to something else that is completely different, fascinating and useful like these guys did with the self-driving vehicle program. That's pretty awesome.
Amazing video! After over 2 decades of having pet rats, I can, without reservation say, that they are extremely complex and amazing little creatures. Mine still surprise me on a regular basis at how incredibly smart they are.
Quick PSA: The rats in this video aren't TAME they are DOMESTICATED. There is a potentially dangerous difference between the two! Never do any of this stuff with a tamed rat no matter how friendly they've been raised to be. They will still have all of their wild instincts from birth and choose to be nice to people despite said instincts. A tamed rat will definitely show more anxiety than a domestic one. For example, a tamed rat will probably need much more personal space and can act much more unpredictably when touched. A lot of bad situations can occur if a person holds a tamed animal up to the same standards as a domestic one. The rats in this video are not born with a fear of humans or the wild instincts that lead to safety problems caused by the tamed counterpart. In short, tamed rats are taught and domesticated ones are born with an attachment to people.
Don't forget to research what you need before getting a new pet rat! Remember feed requirements and restrictions, environmental requirements, interactions with other pets, etc.! :D
Yeah & for for starters, unlike in this video, Rats cannot live in tanks because it traps them in with the Ammonia fumes from their urine. They need well ventilated, high cages due to their super sensitive respiratory systems & mycoplasma which is aggravated by ammonia. They also need dust extracted bedding if You're gonna use a substrate instead of anti pill fleece.
It would have been interesting to see how the rats reacted when different squeeks were played back to them (speeded up again of course) to see whether their responses equated to 'happy', 'threatened' etc. Often an animals response to their own sounds can be quite educational. Did you try that?
Language is a culture, information, passed from generation to generation. If pups are separated too early from their parents, they might not have the necessary knowledge to communicate with other rats in complex vocabulary. Rats probably have individual names and words for rat, human, food, water. Do rats raised in labs, and those raised in the wild, squeak the same universal rat language?
@@nenhardAre all rats speaking an international language or are there different dialects/languages? I think the test would best be performed on rats from the same locale.
0:46 Your ears have just stopped ringing. A man appears in a blue flannel evoking something between Max Goof and sans. He appears to be the offspring of Elon Musk and Tobey Maguire-era Spiderman. He wants to talk to rats. I have now officially intellectually peaked.
To anyone considering "rescuing one": RATS ARE SOCIAL CREATURES AND NEED COMPANY PLEASE ADOPT MORE THAN ONE! @VergeScience your video does a good job highlighting the social nature of rats, and the result of all this brainpower is that they NEED company, so they should almost always be housed with companions, or they'll get depressed and their health will suffer greatly as a result! An annotation to this effect would be really nice to see...
There highly intelligent multi-dimensional beings who created the entire earth as a giant supercomputer that would solve the question of life the universe and everything
😅 Well, cats stands for “Categories” and the code you see there is MATLAB. The call “removecats” is a standard function to get rid of unused categories from a categoric array. I still wonder why they opted for MATLAB for deeplearning (not a standard practice) 🤷🏻♂️ but it certainly has (sadly) nothing to do with 😸 Doc: www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/categorical.removecats.html
Thanks Chris; yeah I’m aware 😊. The wondering was more along the line of „Everyone in ML worked hard to be independent of proprietary languages - choosing matlab seems like an unnecessary burden for this particular research“. Aka use python or julia
- Jeepers Jim, I think they have started to surveil us! - Shut your cheese-hole Bob, or they're gonna find us out. I swear, you better not rat us out man...
@@cnhertzog well as long as they dont audibly squeak from pain I guess :| Rats are known to be very flexible so I would believe you if you said they are fine with it.
@@redacted6498 I have a black hooded varigated dumbo girl and a peach hooded standard girl :) they both love apple sauce, scrambled eggs and avocado as a treat :) for their birthdays they get cheese and hummus :)
Deep learning is not specifically meant for self driving cars at all. Deep learning is a multipurpose technology that enables the user to make decisions based on a large data input. Its all about decision making. And that can be used in all parts of the life.
‘The tricky bit is not the recording, it’s the analysis’. This is the truest note in this video. Bioacousticians have been field recording animals since the 1930’s (see gun lab recordings in Cornell’s online Macaulay library). There is already a large body of research on wild animals. Primarily the bulk is of birds, bats, primates, insects, fish, cetaceans, and frogs but a diverse minority of other species and animal communities (eg. Coral reefs) have been studied too. The most critical comment I have for this video is that interpreting animal communication is a very old and established field of ecology that pre-dates recording technology, not some new surprising thing that is all about lab rats. There are also many academic, non-profit and commercial groups working on gathering data for machine learning models of animal sound. Some of the software for species-recognition analysis is already commercially or publicly available. The unique part of this research is the want to use it on captive animals. This has interesting implications for many captive, urban, or domestic animals in a variety of anthropogenically induced settings.
As someone who rescues rats, this is invaluable. I knew they LOVE tickles, but I didn't know they loved sugar water just as much! Thank You for helping me make their lives the best that they can have! I'm subbed.
ok i have had rats for a long time and i highly recommend you get one.. if you work at home or have alot of free time you can get just one rat if you like.. they become friendlier to humans and get more clingy.. but if you work long hours and dont spend much time at home then get 2 or even 3 rats.... and there pretty low maintenance.. if you run out of rat food they can eat just about anything you have in the house.. my rat loves carrots and sun flower seeds so she eats a lot of that sometimes... and i cant stress this enough SPEND HUGE AMOUNTS OF TIME WITH THEM, i spend 4 to 5 hours a day with my rat since she does not have another rat to live with and i dont want her to be alone.. she is a very happy rat :)
I got me three babies a few weeks ago, AND I LOVE THEM. they're always so happy to see me after I get home from work and they dont accept treats from anyone but my boyfriend and I. They are so sweet and you definitely should get some!
This was fascinating! Thank you for sharing! I've kept pet domestic rats for years, and while I'm very comfortable with them & their care, I am still learning new things all the time. For anyone thinking of having a rat of your own, just know that rats are not so called "beginner" pets, they have needs just like any cat or dog! And just like all animals, they are not disposable, you should be willing to commit for the entirety of their lives! Their care can be time-consuming & costly (enclosures, bedding, food, medicine, etc.). That being said, they are one of the most adorable, precious, amazing animals I've been had the privilege of caring for! For as small as they are & relatively short their lifespans, so many of them have touched my heart forever! ♡
Rats are very social & need at least 1 buddy, so please if you adopt get a pair of rats, not just 1. They're more fun to watch play/interact with each other rather than alone anyway.
Because it's mostly done with the fingertips? That's tickling to a human, on the scale of a rat it's like petting a dog with the palm of your hand. Just a guess :P
Rats and a some other rodents are actually really really ticklish, especially their backs. As seen on the video, the scratching/rubbing motion of the researcher's hands is focused on around their spine, hence why I believe they refer to it as tickling.
I would assume it is because they are not smart enough to know the difference between petting and tickling. I have had many pet rats over the years, and they appreciate both, but react COMPLETELY differently to both. They are not the same at all.
Hell yea someone's an Adams fan! I didn't much like the last two books in that increasingly misleading trilogy. However the writing never failed to make my sides hurt.
@@EGH181 Hah, I was referencing the mice! The dolphins are only the second most intelligent species in the planet. The mice are the ones who built the super computer and everything.
Ugh... I'd love to talk to my rats, or how it sounds, sing to them! :D Thank God these rats looked healthy and were well looked after. Our furry friends have helped us so much, through experimentation, and we've been able to advance as a species thanks to their sacrifice. I just wish there were more positive views and humane treatment of rats...
I have a veterinary background, and unfortunately, it's not just rats and mice. Dogs and cats (and many more species) get euthanized by the thousands at the end of their trials at research facilities too. 😢
@@dmsdana4501 I know. I wish I could wave a magic wand and remove all the cruelty against animals in the world. Compassionate farming, higher welfare standards, animal abusers behind bars etc. Pets are family and unfortunately, some people don't treat family with love, kindness and respect. Animals that humanity eat to fuel their bodies (vegetarians/vegans aside) deserve respect and a good life on a loving farm, beforehand. Animals that have been used for medical purposes, deserve a heroes last days. No, the animals used in experimentation do not consent. I'd much rather it be experimented on people in exchange for money, as they would know and be aware of what was going on.
Would be really interesting to expand this to other animals too. Think that AI might actually give crucial insights into animal communication. Whether syntax or language, it could change the way that humans and animals interact
Amazing work to the Deep Squeek crew. I love seeing new science emere. I only hope more people take on the role to immerse ourselves in finding the language of Master Splinter......for all our benefit
It is truly enlightening to see studies like this happening. There's a movement into understanding and comprehending the intelligence of the world that has always been around us, and it's inspiring to find that most creatures are much more vastly intelligent than previously thought. It gives you a sense of respect for the natural world, as more of an equal to us. Which, sadly is something I think was lost, and had to be re-learned, due to our self separation from that world we built over.
Fantastic video! Animal communication is one of my favorite topics, and it was great to see the state of the art in rat-call analysis. 3:58 - One article I read on this said that if a rodent squeak is low-frequency enough to hear with your human ears, that's the equivalent of a _growl_ by a bigger animal. And holy cow, that was some adorable rat footage (especially 0:16 😋). If I hadn't already decided awhile back to only live-catch intruding rodents rather than using killing traps, this video probably would've been the turning point. Anyhow, thanks for covering this so well, and I look forward to checking out more of your videos. If this one was any indicator, I suspect I'll be subscribing.
I'm with you, Mr. Ferret. Not long ago I was going through videos on a DIY channel that's otherwise very good, and was disgusted to come across their video on how to make your own rodent-drowning bucket trap. No mention given to the possibility of live-trapping; just boasts of how efficiently you can kill rodent after rodent with their trap (including footage of rats falling into buckets already filled with their dead brethren, bobbing up and down).
I would love to get my hands on a microphone and that software. I have a cage full of females and too learn what they say and if they are truly happy would be fantastic. I've been raising rats for about 14 years now and to learn more about what I can't hear would be great. I hear the normal play squeaks, fighting squeaks if one is being testy, teeth chatter and chatter that causes boggling. Please don't get just one rat, they need cage mates! And please, please do your research before getting any. Their care is specific and if you do it wrong it can cause health issues. They do make great pets but only have short life spans, so make the best life you can offer them. Finally they are called pocket puppies for a reason! 👍🏼🇨🇦
When mine would come to me and notice something like treats they would run back to the rest and then they'd all come back, for example. Fully convinced they told each other what was going on.
DeepSqueak could be trained to recognize many other animals calls - what animal would you train it to study?
Dogs
dogs!
Yeah yeeet I was the first to ur video berry gut but the second to like
Thanks, very interesting. This gave me some ideas .
what does the fox say ? ^^
Other rats: I was traumatized and induced to fight and undergo psychological torture to research drug addiction
Buddy: I was given free food and tickles to talk into a microphone
Dont forget seeing how long no sleep takes to kill them
@@lutemis3119 : (
ur awesome
*Buddy will listen to his ancestors and will make the humans suffer like his ancestors did.*
DIAMOND SôS the mouse utopia experiments were worse
DAT RAT WAS SINGING ABOUT HOW GOOD THE SUGARY WATER WAS IM CRYING THIS IS TOO GOOD
It's just like you're singing on the inside when you sip your favourite sweet beverage at the perfect temperature.
Sugar water? That's bad. The rats could get insulin resistance. 😉
They say cats are often primarily hunting by sound, and can hear quite high frequencies.
If rats and mice are this noisy in ultrasonic frequencies, that would certainly make sense...
Those squeaks are how wolves, foxes, and dogs know where to pounce on the snow to get the rat beneath it. I watched a border collie hunting mice in the snow. She would leap up and come down with her front paws on the mouse. I of course, was completely oblivious to what she was after, until she caught one.
Could cats and mice possible understand each other? Would be interesting if their chat consist of trolling each other.
+Macnutz420: Interesting; I didn't know that canines other than foxes did that. (I guess they just do it in a particularly acrobatic and photogenic way.)
+mofo syne: Heh heh. Well, cats do make some sounds that are believed to be bird imitations, to lure them close while hunting, so that's pretty much trolling.
@@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc Actual trolling lol
i don't know if ultrasonic would be useful for a cat. It doesn't penetrate paper so the cat wouldn't hear them talking in a wall. More likely they'd hear them skittering around in the wall or hay or whatever.
I thought he was about to take a rat out that envelope lol
Me too.
Exactly me
haha beat me to it, we are apperently not special
When you have more likes on a UA-cam comment then dollars in your bank account
ikr
With all they do for humankind... they DESERVE a little understanding! Love them
They deserve infinite understanding regardless of whatever they "do" (have horrifically done to them) for humans. Their worth as sentient beings isn't dependent on US.
OMG! if that thought it would sound that way I would have abstained,@@aryastark3148! I did mention loved understanding, why pick the one negative! There's nothing worse than sounding antagonistic to start dialogue... maybe saying what I said is a way to get non rat lover to at least respect them... I'm sad to have my words used against that goal!
Yeah except spreading the plague
@@jamesjones4396 the fleas spread the plague. They can't help the fleas were on them no more than the humans could help they got bit..
waanaabe - me too. Rats are the best. I have two boys and love them more than anything
rats respond with happy sounds whilst being tickled.....LAUGHING! the rats are laughing.
We need more evidence to support this thesis...
of course they do !
Why wouldn't they ?
I've seen many types of animals laughing, dogs, birds, chimps, dolphins.
Some even have a sense of humour ! (they really do !)
@@DerAua ill tickle you and we'll see what happens
Yes, it might be laughing, but since different species make such different kinds of sounds, we need a definition of laughing that we can use to distinguish laughing from other sounds across species. I have no idea how to do that, but I suspect it could be worked out.
@@chrismofer I get hiccups when tickled lol
Scientist: "on a scale of 1 - 10 how much does this hurt"
*ultrasonic screaming*
"Interesting"
amidointhisright 😢
I know, they ignore what rats might actually be saying during a lot of experiments. But I think distress calls are in the lower frequencies we can hear. It is their happy calls that are much higher.
@frostek yes, me too
@frostek inconceivable.
@Devbo Slice thats dark
By rescue one he meant to say at least two as rats are extremely social animals and should never be kept alone.
MrAnymeansnecessary they likely didn't know that but since they said to look to rescue shelters, they're probably hoping that those shelters will teach those coming in, that are interested in rat adoption, about having rats as pets.
My ratty doesn't like to share. Hes really nice, but what's his is his
@@blackdogadonis Some rats are pretty unsociable and prefer to be an "only rat".
We always had two rats for my dad’s classroom. The kids loved them and the rats loved the attention. Anyway one died of old age and the other one was still completely healthy. But the other one still died 3 days later, we think it’s because she was sad. They’re extremely social animals, it’s fascinating. We always adopt in pairs.
If you get 2 make sure they are both neutered, otherwise you will have hundreds before you know what is happening
The year is 2702...
And ratfolk have integrated with humanity.
Ratfolk teaching their kids story:
- The battle of the Junkyard happened at a junkyard, it lasted 3 hours, the axis sent in their most powerful tanks, the weasels. They slaughtered our species, they didn't even spared our kids.
What-what is this foolish man-thing say-speaking? The skaven talk good-good!
They already have. They're called Demo-rats.
@@gtw4546 Did you *really* have to make this political? Grow up.
OUR TIME HAS COME
*rats are smart*
my rats: tries to steal stuff right infront of me
Andrew Miller mine need a bloody padlock on their cage or they will literally open the middle doors 😂
Litch The Shinigami SAME!!! They’re so smart it’s bad! I tried to give them their meds, didn’t let me! Knew it was coming and started hiding!
Me: "Hey don't do that."
My rats: Does what i told them not to do, but faster. Because its okay if its done faster right?
They know you won't hurt them.
Mine knows his name but rarely comes when he's called because he doesn't want to, not because he doesn't understand
rats: *jump you in a backalley* squeak squeak squeak
robot translator: gnaw his kneecaps
kek
Brutal rat gang violence where rats who rat on other rats get their limbs cut off .
Luuuuuuuul
made my day man, lmao
🤣🤣
1:35 I was NEARLY convinced you'd pull a rat out of that envelope...
Kevin mailed us one of their SPECIAL RATS
I was going to say the same thing! Lmaoooo
Me too!
Rat: **pops out of envelope** sup dawg
That's so surprising that for an animal that's been essential and present for so many scientific studies, so little attention/funding has been given to understanding such a vital part of their behaviour until now! Interesting how some things just get essentially drowned out in importance compared to other things. Makes you wonder what else might have been put on the back-burner for all these years just waiting to be uncovered!
Aspect Science ; Aren’t you the guy who was at Ted Ed’s ‘Plant’s Sexual .......’
Yeah, it's crazy! They seemingly have an entire rich language, probably about as complex as a dolphin or whale, but much less studied. Considering the rat's indispensability in lab trials, it blows my mind that it doesn't get at least the same degree of attention.
With advancements in neural networks, maybe we'll actually have a way to legitimately communicate verbally with social animals, maybe in just a few years
@@aaronsen6885 Nope! What's Plant's Sexual?
@@BothHands1 All really interesting thoughts! It's going to be fascinating to watch neurol-related tech develop in the coming decades!
Research needs an incentive to be made, because it's costly and time consuming, doing clinical testing on rats is more important than understanding their language, that's why nobody really did a research on it, but I agree, I think it's a fascinating topic.
"Deepsqueak"? Someone deserves a Nobel prize for naming.
I imagine it will evolve as an AI that will learn every animal language and use it like Aquaman
Sounds like a band name.
What I want to know is who still uses floppy disks anymore?
@@ILikeMyPrivacytbt Apparently they do, possibly for compatibility with older machinery/computers?
@@ILikeMyPrivacytbt Researchers do. They are aware of reality and aren't suckerd by modern consumer mindfuckery.
Oh my god, it would be revolutionary to create "hearing aids" that let you talk with rodents!! I would LOVE to understand what my little buddy is saying. And can you imagine the devlopment of the rat calls ro different animals? Cats, Dogs, Parrots, and so much more.
And it would possibly helpful to get scientists to feel empathy for animals used as harmful test subjects. We as humans tend to disregard other beings if they don't speak our language, or if they can't communicate in the way we do. Imagine scientists actually holding back, because they can understand some of the fear that goes through those little beans. And finding a BETTER way to test products for humans.
There's so much potential for this project. I really hope that it continues in motion.
This made me realize the Pied Piper is completely plausible. I mean, he was probably hitting those ultra high frequency notes and talking to them.
hope not he spread death and kidnapped children.
Should've fulfilled your end of the bargain.
he also kidnapped children
@@chxrbb_dxllhouse5403 I hear he kidnapped children
@@chxrbb_dxllhouse5403 Taking advantage of children's exceptional high frequency hearing ability, no doubt.
Rats: *squeak squeak*
Us: I wonder what they're saying
Rats: Hey you, you're finally awake
You were trying to cross the border right
Is this a FE:A reference?
@@RE-bi6nn no, ES V: Skyrim
Nice pepe
Rat: *squeeeek* WHAT IN OBLIVION IS THAT!?
Not even joking; I was watching how to make marmalade ice and one of my rats ran over my phone and opened this video lol
My boys were playing in their cage till my friend sent me this video. They ran to the cage door and wouldn't stop bruxy (if that's how you spell it) till I played the video
That's hilarious.
theyre congregating-quick TO THE REVOLUTION
theres a marmnelade ice?
My rats ran across my keyboard and this came up lol.
1950s : " we will have flying cars in the future "
2019 : *Oh hey we could make rats spill the tea to us*
Spill the tea?
@@MegaAppleshit www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spill%20the%20tea
@@MegaAppleshit It's basically the new way of saying spilled the beans.
Honestly though, that's miles better than flying cars
@@dmsdana4501 basically the British way of saying spill the beens
Im so glad yall included the idea of adopting rats as pets. Theyre soooo loving and sweet. Just remember, always have at least two.
I want one but why always 2?
@@Valrax Presumably because they're social animals. Being forced to live alone would just cause unnecessary stress.
@@Valrax They are very social! Even if you pay lots of attention to them, they still need a friend of their own kind. It affects their health and mind to be the only rat. Hope this helps!
@@iFrostNight I'm gonna get some, my friend had gerbils and I loved 'em a lot. But I'd rather have rats and that's actually what she intended to buy.
@@Valrax That's so fun! I have 3 guinea pigs. They require a good amount of maintenance but they're so sweet and fun. Good luck with your rats! I hear they are very loyal and loving, and smart too
The fact that the end of this encouraged people to rescue rats! Thank you so much. Not only was this super interesting but as a rat lover and advocate trying to get our fellow humans to understand what amazing creatures they are it made me so happy for you to make sure your viewers recognized their value as amazing pets. SPCAs also sometimes carry small animal departments :)
Rat squeak researchers have good hair
Jyoti Prakash it’s part of the contract. A really weird remnants of rat squeak research contracts from 1914. Very interesting stuff.
Jyoti Prakash it’s part of the contract. A really weird remnants of rat squeak research contracts from 1914. Very interesting stuff.
@ʀᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴsɪᴅᴇ Indeed 🐀🐀🐀
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I think if we could normally hear all those pretty 'bird-whistles' more people would have an affinity for rats.
I want to record more squeaks! Would love to help, have 8 rats. And we observed that they started making noises on lower frequencies! As if they understood we can't hear the higher ones.
my mouse tends to make loud chattering noises when shes on my shoulder, like shes trying to talk into my ear :)
ps I had+have rats
Fr i have rats, everytime they either want something or something hurts they make lower pitch noises but when theyre chatting u can hardly hear anything
Can we buy the squeak map as a poster? That would be epic.
Update: there is a link in this thread
YESSS
finally someone who understands my aesthetic
I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking that
@Train Magic You don't understand rat people
@Train Magic whats that supposed to mean
getting closer to talking to animals one squeak at a time.
science is amazing.
Not really talking, but undestanding.
Even if animals had a language, language is a cultural thing, so only organized groups of animals will share a language, one that other groups completely separated would not be able to understand
What we can is underatand the emotions and motivations behind their sounds, and that it's great, but it's mainly to get more information about experiments made with said animals
@@sebastiangudino9377 I don’t think of it like that. but it makes perfect sense because we have different languages
@@sebastiangudino9377 If we can understand what squeaks mean, we could isolate them then reproduce them with ultrasonic equipment in order to "talk". So yes, it could lead to literally talking with the animals via computer interface and AI programs.
Rats are the best pets. They are clean, unlike what people believe. They have more personality than dogs.
insainwhiteboy1 yeah i know; why don’t you go and pet one of those rats in the subway.
@@andrelaurent9607 Petting a rat in a subway is the equivalent of trying to walk up and pet a wolf or coyote or bobcat in the wild-- with the same expected results. But there are rats that have been kept by humans for countless generations and are thus more equivalent to domesticated dogs or cats.
Although I don't know about the idea of rats having more personality than dogs. That seems doubtful.
@@TheHobgoblyn Yeah, rats have very small and smooth brains, which means lower intelligence and social complexity.
Yes. They are gorgeous. I had rats when I was a kid. They were the best pets and full of personality. They are very clean so long as they are looked after properly.
@@jeffvader811 yeah because brain size mean intelligence, yup you must be a scientist.
Rats are so cool. There’s a cat cafe in NYC that has adoptable cats and kittens for ppl to come play with and possible adopt. They ended up with a rat that needed up being a kind of kitten nanny. It cared for the kittens until its death but by that point they’d gotten another rat or two that also acted as a kitten nurse maid. Such a cool story.
Here another interesting fact, cat have parasites to mind control rats to make them come towards them to be eaten. So what your seeing might actually be the parasites doing their work.
@Knight Might be, that's a pretty interesting phenomena, but they're also very social across species lines. They are some of the few animals we know have empathy cross-species (we've measured their mirror neuron activity), and most rats tend to prefer coexisting with other creatures rather than active competition - especially domesticated ones, for obvious reasons. It's similar to other domesticated animals, like the cats themselves, just a bit more pronounced in rodents.
Mine were as affectionate with my dogs as much as they were to us and each other. No cats for miles!
yeah i was at that cat cafe last week lol
There’s one in Oakland, CA too!
Rats are amazing, adorable creatures. They make great pets. I love how researchers get ideas to use something that is meant to be used for something specific and apply it to something else that is completely different, fascinating and useful like these guys did with the self-driving vehicle program. That's pretty awesome.
2:12 I love the “rat” thing under it. Likes it’s a job
Solid credentials
Professional rodent
Hobbies: being a rat
'Ultrasonic Rodent Calls', sounds like a sick band m8
Amazing video! After over 2 decades of having pet rats, I can, without reservation say, that they are extremely complex and amazing little creatures. Mine still surprise me on a regular basis at how incredibly smart they are.
What did one lab rat say to the other? I've got my scientist so well trained that every time I push the buzzer, he brings me a snack.
Other rat: oh yeah!!? well every time i push the buzzer, cocaine is injected directly into my brain
Rat from across the building: oh yeah? Every time I push the buzzer, I get a blast of radiation!
Guys stop this is so sad
@A human being Rat #670 Eyy! I just need to solve a maze, and my researchers put me in a utopia!
@@QuranwithRain Rat in cage, location unknown- "HELP ME!!!" 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
I love tame rats, they are so adorable. It's very interesting to see these results and hear the sounds.
Quick PSA:
The rats in this video aren't TAME they are DOMESTICATED. There is a potentially dangerous difference between the two! Never do any of this stuff with a tamed rat no matter how friendly they've been raised to be. They will still have all of their wild instincts from birth and choose to be nice to people despite said instincts. A tamed rat will definitely show more anxiety than a domestic one. For example, a tamed rat will probably need much more personal space and can act much more unpredictably when touched. A lot of bad situations can occur if a person holds a tamed animal up to the same standards as a domestic one. The rats in this video are not born with a fear of humans or the wild instincts that lead to safety problems caused by the tamed counterpart. In short, tamed rats are taught and domesticated ones are born with an attachment to people.
Kidwolf00 wow could of just left it at there’s a difference (just a joke am glad you did that)
Remember the Phineas and Ferb animal translator?
Translate dog barks to rat squeaks now
“Hey Ferb I know what we’re gonna do today!”
Man the songs in that show I just now got them out of my head.
did ya?
Nope
Don't forget to research what you need before getting a new pet rat! Remember feed requirements and restrictions, environmental requirements, interactions with other pets, etc.! :D
You can join The Rat Fan Club on Facebook to learn about rats before adopting them.
Yeah & for for starters, unlike in this video, Rats cannot live in tanks because it traps them in with the Ammonia fumes from their urine. They need well ventilated, high cages due to their super sensitive respiratory systems & mycoplasma which is aggravated by ammonia. They also need dust extracted bedding if You're gonna use a substrate instead of anti pill fleece.
Just get mice, they're almost as smart but don't take nearly the effort
h. ann mice take just as much effort if you’re caring for them correctly
It would have been interesting to see how the rats reacted when different squeeks were played back to them (speeded up again of course) to see whether their responses equated to 'happy', 'threatened' etc. Often an animals response to their own sounds can be quite educational. Did you try that?
Language is a culture, information, passed from generation to generation. If pups are separated too early from their parents, they might not have the necessary knowledge to communicate with other rats in complex vocabulary. Rats probably have individual names and words for rat, human, food, water. Do rats raised in labs, and those raised in the wild, squeak the same universal rat language?
I tried this with my cat. He does like talking to himself a lot.
@@nenhardAre all rats speaking an international language or are there different dialects/languages? I think the test would best be performed on rats from the same locale.
And what about species differences in vocalizations? After all, there are 51 species within **rattus** alone.
Cats also communicate in inaudible speech which also needs sensitive microphones.
Cats can mimic other animals calls as well, I.E birds and mice.
TwilightCage and human babies 😂
0:46
Your ears have just stopped ringing. A man appears in a blue flannel evoking something between Max Goof and sans. He appears to be the offspring of Elon Musk and Tobey Maguire-era Spiderman.
He wants to talk to rats.
I have now officially intellectually peaked.
I was hoping this comment was going to turn into a choose your own adventure....
7/10 would probably still recommend despite disappointment
Your comment wins this section, sir or madam.
To anyone considering "rescuing one": RATS ARE SOCIAL CREATURES AND NEED COMPANY PLEASE ADOPT MORE THAN ONE!
@VergeScience your video does a good job highlighting the social nature of rats, and the result of all this brainpower is that they NEED company, so they should almost always be housed with companions, or they'll get depressed and their health will suffer greatly as a result! An annotation to this effect would be really nice to see...
I had two, they had babies, soon I had 6 and they were gnawing each other's limbs off.
Insecure owner: The only friend my rat needs is me!
UA-cam killed annotations earlier this month, I think
@@lonesometomb773 My mistake, I don't follow the changes too closely! I guess what I'm thinking of is what they're calling a card these days.
rats do fine alone if u give them enough attention and care my rat ia almost 3 and he is doing fine
Deepsqueak 2.0: "Stop experimenting on us!"
yes, but to be fair what would they experiment on? its not like there was enough volontary humans to replace them.
Deepsqueack 3.0: "Our top scientists are studying YOUR behavior!"
Rats "the humans are trying to understand our language, pathetic creatures. were beyond their comprehension"
*We're
There highly intelligent multi-dimensional beings who created the entire earth as a giant supercomputer that would solve the question of life the universe and everything
🐭 -{ I mean, look, they can't even master their _own_ languages... )
@@Gabriel-rh1bi they're*
Gabrie l damnit you beat me to the reference
They're like tiny fluffy dolphins.
PLEASE dont just rescue one rat! they're pack animals! they need a pal or 2!
It's better than rescuing none.
Pi ah yeah nice perspective, did you know rats will become depressed and kill themselves when living alone?
@@ib24 yes, so you can just get a hamster or something to live with the rat
This for sure! Give your little buddies a buddy. Imagine how youd feel with no one to ever talk to
exactly!
I knew Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was right
"We can't hear any of that"
My pet rat: EEEEEEEEEEEE
ah! I Used to have rats! They're amazing pets,
Anyone else catch the "removecats" function at 5:10?
No, but now that I see it, all I can think about is if that was just procrastinating or if that's a real function.
😅 Well, cats stands for “Categories” and the code you see there is MATLAB. The call “removecats” is a standard function to get rid of unused categories from a categoric array. I still wonder why they opted for MATLAB for deeplearning (not a standard practice) 🤷🏻♂️ but it certainly has (sadly) nothing to do with 😸 Doc: www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/categorical.removecats.html
@@dinoscheidt Aw, man.
@@dinoscheidt for convolutional nets you can use Caffe which has MATLAB wrappers
Thanks Chris; yeah I’m aware 😊. The wondering was more along the line of „Everyone in ML worked hard to be independent of proprietary languages - choosing matlab seems like an unnecessary burden for this particular research“. Aka use python or julia
What they actually said was this: So long, and thanks for all the ὃats
Rats are lactose intolerant.
@@colleenh8365 happy?
@@dudestop1198 Rats can choke on peanut butter. It sticks in their throat and they have no gag reflexes, but nice try😂
@@colleenh8365 (⓿_⓿)
@@dudestop1198 Much better! Whole oats are great for rats😁
- Jeepers Jim, I think they have started to surveil us!
- Shut your cheese-hole Bob, or they're gonna find us out. I swear, you better not rat us out man...
I have 4 pet rats. I love to squish and play and pet them.
I have three myself, they’re great
😂 I have 15
I love them all.
They all have different personalities💕
I love to squish them too... until their guts are splattered all over
So very squishy! I joke they’re made of rubber and magic because they’re so squishable and able to bounce back from anything.
@@cnhertzog well as long as they dont audibly squeak from pain I guess :| Rats are known to be very flexible so I would believe you if you said they are fine with it.
OH MY GODS I COULD SOMEDAY POSSIBLY ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH MY SWEET BEANS!!!
My girls would probably mostly talk about food 😂
@@lanabanana1390 I have 2 bald rats and they would probably talk about rice krispies and bannana
@@redacted6498 I have a black hooded varigated dumbo girl and a peach hooded standard girl :) they both love apple sauce, scrambled eggs and avocado as a treat :) for their birthdays they get cheese and hummus :)
@@lanabanana1390 cool for my rats birthday they get cheese and sweetcorn
Ikr
Rats: The proletariat have nothing to lose but their chains
Scientist: Just because my surname is Marx doesn't mean I'm related to him
Google translated the squeaks. They said " leave us alone"
so long & thanks for all the fish
Are you PETA?
More like "more food and sugar water!"
"more tickles *more food* "
@@billcornelius1383 only 1000 iq smartboys will get this
Love the video, super interesting work that their doing and a brilliant view into the future! Love it and keep up the great work
Didn't Kronk already do this in The Emperor's New Groove?
"Squeak squeaker squeaken"
yeah but with squirrels. But tbh I always wanted to have Kronks ability. Now we can do it! :D
but with rats.
.....
in a way. :|
These rats sound amazing, a combination between whales, bird chirping and whistles. Fascinating creatures.
When slowed down.
Plus The Clangers.
Deep learning is not specifically meant for self driving cars at all. Deep learning is a multipurpose technology that enables the user to make decisions based on a large data input. Its all about decision making. And that can be used in all parts of the life.
‘The tricky bit is not the recording, it’s the analysis’. This is the truest note in this video. Bioacousticians have been field recording animals since the 1930’s (see gun lab recordings in Cornell’s online Macaulay library). There is already a large body of research on wild animals. Primarily the bulk is of birds, bats, primates, insects, fish, cetaceans, and frogs but a diverse minority of other species and animal communities (eg. Coral reefs) have been studied too. The most critical comment I have for this video is that interpreting animal communication is a very old and established field of ecology that pre-dates recording technology, not some new surprising thing that is all about lab rats. There are also many academic, non-profit and commercial groups working on gathering data for machine learning models of animal sound. Some of the software for species-recognition analysis is already commercially or publicly available. The unique part of this research is the want to use it on captive animals. This has interesting implications for many captive, urban, or domestic animals in a variety of anthropogenically induced settings.
"We were having trouble catching rat sounds, so we went to Seattle."
the first translation:
"Please stop experimenting on me!!!"
I love how long it took science to figure out animals communicate with each other
Love this comment!
As someone who rescues rats, this is invaluable. I knew they LOVE tickles, but I didn't know they loved sugar water just as much! Thank You for helping me make their lives the best that they can have! I'm subbed.
Great. Now i want a pet rat
Don't ever get only one rat. Get two or more from a rescue. Do lots of research first.
They're wonderful
Igor Blyat get two. I have two boys and they’re the best ❤️
ok i have had rats for a long time and i highly recommend you get one.. if you work at home or have alot of free time you can get just one rat if you like.. they become friendlier to humans and get more clingy.. but if you work long hours and dont spend much time at home then get 2 or even 3 rats.... and there pretty low maintenance.. if you run out of rat food they can eat just about anything you have in the house.. my rat loves carrots and sun flower seeds so she eats a lot of that sometimes... and i cant stress this enough SPEND HUGE AMOUNTS OF TIME WITH THEM, i spend 4 to 5 hours a day with my rat since she does not have another rat to live with and i dont want her to be alone.. she is a very happy rat :)
I got me three babies a few weeks ago, AND I LOVE THEM. they're always so happy to see me after I get home from work and they dont accept treats from anyone but my boyfriend and I. They are so sweet and you definitely should get some!
Rats! Such beautiful animals! Shout out to these gents for laying groundwork to a greater understanding of them!
The amount of work and hustle that researchers go through to find answers is stunning. You're soldiers of intellect.
She's not a soldier but appreciates the sentiment maybe a diplomat of intellect
This was fascinating! Thank you for sharing! I've kept pet domestic rats for years, and while I'm very comfortable with them & their care, I am still learning new things all the time. For anyone thinking of having a rat of your own, just know that rats are not so called "beginner" pets, they have needs just like any cat or dog! And just like all animals, they are not disposable, you should be willing to commit for the entirety of their lives! Their care can be time-consuming & costly (enclosures, bedding, food, medicine, etc.). That being said, they are one of the most adorable, precious, amazing animals I've been had the privilege of caring for! For as small as they are & relatively short their lifespans, so many of them have touched my heart forever! ♡
Love that they called it deep squeak. Sounds like a DnD reference. Like deep speech
Next: a universal translator to tell us what possums are screaming at their own asses.
Possums scream at there own butts???
Stop all science and just focus on that! I have to know more.
Hopefully something meme worthy
@@UNSCPILOT they're opossums. Of course it'll be meme worthy
I adopted 2 rats from RattieRatz about 10 years ago. Best pets ever!
Rats are very social & need at least 1 buddy, so please if you adopt get a pair of rats, not just 1. They're more fun to watch play/interact with each other rather than alone anyway.
Why do people always call petting a rat, "tickling?"
Because whenever they are pet they go..
rats: SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEEE
Because it's mostly done with the fingertips? That's tickling to a human, on the scale of a rat it's like petting a dog with the palm of your hand. Just a guess :P
Rats and a some other rodents are actually really really ticklish, especially their backs. As seen on the video, the scratching/rubbing motion of the researcher's hands is focused on around their spine, hence why I believe they refer to it as tickling.
Because you use your fingertips and they giggle
I would assume it is because they are not smart enough to know the difference between petting and tickling. I have had many pet rats over the years, and they appreciate both, but react COMPLETELY differently to both. They are not the same at all.
Cool. But I'm sure Deep Squeak had something to do with Deep Thought and the mice (Douglas Adams)
Deep Dream
Hell yea someone's an Adams fan! I didn't much like the last two books in that increasingly misleading trilogy. However the writing never failed to make my sides hurt.
"Gee Jim, what do you wanna do tonight?"
"...the same thing we do every night, Buddy. Try to get wasted on sugar water!"
I want one of those microphones or a batbox to finally be able to listen to my lovely pet rats !
Makes me wonder if Douglas Adams was right all along.
Need to use this on dolphins.
@@TheNeilDarby
The language study of Dolphins went weird places.
ua-cam.com/video/p7ruBotHWUs/v-deo.html
Cláudio R. Thanks for all the fish!
@@EGH181 Hah, I was referencing the mice! The dolphins are only the second most intelligent species in the planet. The mice are the ones who built the super computer and everything.
I literally thought they shipped a rat in the mail for a second 1:38
Ugh... I'd love to talk to my rats, or how it sounds, sing to them! :D Thank God these rats looked healthy and were well looked after. Our furry friends have helped us so much, through experimentation, and we've been able to advance as a species thanks to their sacrifice. I just wish there were more positive views and humane treatment of rats...
Familiarity breeds empathy, so that's the hope I hold on to.
Sacrifice implies consent
@@RabidCris OwO
I have a veterinary background, and unfortunately, it's not just rats and mice. Dogs and cats (and many more species) get euthanized by the thousands at the end of their trials at research facilities too. 😢
@@dmsdana4501 I know. I wish I could wave a magic wand and remove all the cruelty against animals in the world. Compassionate farming, higher welfare standards, animal abusers behind bars etc. Pets are family and unfortunately, some people don't treat family with love, kindness and respect. Animals that humanity eat to fuel their bodies (vegetarians/vegans aside) deserve respect and a good life on a loving farm, beforehand. Animals that have been used for medical purposes, deserve a heroes last days. No, the animals used in experimentation do not consent. I'd much rather it be experimented on people in exchange for money, as they would know and be aware of what was going on.
Decoding master splinter.
Of course a guy named Marx is going to revolutionize something.
Justin Umali the parallells are remarxable...
Justin Umali
: It's a good remarx ...
lol I get the reference
_commie noises_
loooooooool
I love my rats. Such amazing pets
Would be really interesting to expand this to other animals too. Think that AI might actually give crucial insights into animal communication. Whether syntax or language, it could change the way that humans and animals interact
Amazing work to the Deep Squeek crew. I love seeing new science emere. I only hope more people take on the role to immerse ourselves in finding the language of Master Splinter......for all our benefit
It is truly enlightening to see studies like this happening. There's a movement into understanding and comprehending the intelligence of the world that has always been around us, and it's inspiring to find that most creatures are much more vastly intelligent than previously thought. It gives you a sense of respect for the natural world, as more of an equal to us. Which, sadly is something I think was lost, and had to be re-learned, due to our self separation from that world we built over.
*_This whole video:_* FERB I KNOW WHAT WERE GONNA DO TODAY
💜💜💜💜
OwO what's this?
@@DaRkShadOwxXx14 Have you seen the Show Phineas and Ferb?
OwO what's this?
@@Twonkae It's a kids show on the Disney Channel that almost every US kid has seen, kind of like Spongebob, which was aired on Nickelodeon.
one step closer to everyone realizing rats are just doggos.
1950: in the future, we will have flying cars!
2019: in 1954, we had flying cars!
Fantastic video! Animal communication is one of my favorite topics, and it was great to see the state of the art in rat-call analysis. 3:58 - One article I read on this said that if a rodent squeak is low-frequency enough to hear with your human ears, that's the equivalent of a _growl_ by a bigger animal. And holy cow, that was some adorable rat footage (especially 0:16 😋). If I hadn't already decided awhile back to only live-catch intruding rodents rather than using killing traps, this video probably would've been the turning point.
Anyhow, thanks for covering this so well, and I look forward to checking out more of your videos. If this one was any indicator, I suspect I'll be subscribing.
I'm with you, Mr. Ferret. Not long ago I was going through videos on a DIY channel that's otherwise very good, and was disgusted to come across their video on how to make your own rodent-drowning bucket trap. No mention given to the possibility of live-trapping; just boasts of how efficiently you can kill rodent after rodent with their trap (including footage of rats falling into buckets already filled with their dead brethren, bobbing up and down).
OMG, that scared call broke my heart!!!!
When I hear those squeaks it sounded like whistling, kinda like Mickey Mouse's whistle in Steamboat Willie. Coincidence?
I THINK NOT!!!
Excellent pets... But sadly short lived
That's why I stopped keeping them, they live long enough for you to get fond and familiar with them and then their life ends.
@@grahvis how long do they live???
@@MeowMeow_95_
Only 3 -4 years at best unfortunately. They are fun though, very quick learners and all have their individual characters.
And prone to tumors. 😞
@@R.M.MacFru
A number of mine had one removed, I also had one that needed their teeth clipped every 2-3 weeks.
I would love to get my hands on a microphone and that software. I have a cage full of females and too learn what they say and if they are truly happy would be fantastic.
I've been raising rats for about 14 years now and to learn more about what I can't hear would be great. I hear the normal play squeaks, fighting squeaks if one is being testy, teeth chatter and chatter that causes boggling. Please don't get just one rat, they need cage mates! And please, please do your research before getting any. Their care is specific and if you do it wrong it can cause health issues. They do make great pets but only have short life spans, so make the best life you can offer them. Finally they are called pocket puppies for a reason! 👍🏼🇨🇦
If they do this for cats dibs on the name Deep Purr
Despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage
Rats are the best
When mine would come to me and notice something like treats they would run back to the rest and then they'd all come back, for example. Fully convinced they told each other what was going on.
The universal translator is coming
The first full sentence decoded by DeepSqueek will be:
"So long, and thanks for all the chips"
*Crounch*
I got both of my rats from Rattie Ratz rescue!! Love the clip and love hearing all the happy squeaks
5:56 poster: *"Our tiMe will coME"*
Haha wait what what was that
The next bubonic plague
it's banksy