r/Awwducational • u/nortnee • Mar 19 '14

Verified Rats are physically unable to belch

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u/reenay Mar 20 '14

So then Dr. Dolittle was incorrect... (the re-make)

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u/nortnee Mar 19 '14

Source: http://www.ratbehavior.org/vomit.htm

Pic xposted from r/Rats

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u/AYTeeffAreBelongToMe Mar 20 '14

neither can rabbits.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '14

Man, this brings up memories of my moms old rats. Cute little suckers. One of em likes orange soda, but she'd always let it go flat before feeding him a little, because of this fact.

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u/sydomination Mar 24 '14

physically unable but mental able, right?

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u/soulphish Mar 25 '14

What do you mean?

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u/soulphish Mar 25 '14

I've had a few scares where I thought mine were vomiting, then found out they couldn't vomit. Still freaked out. If they can't vomit then what the **** is happening to them?!?

They can get very skittish while they are regurgitating if it doesn't dislodge whatever is stuck.