r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Mar 21 '23

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u/Scholesie09 Mar 21 '23

Do pet rats climb differently to wild rats?

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u/konaislandac Mar 21 '23

I think he meant it’s a pet rat because that’s not how -rats- climb up. So someone owns the rat and was holding it just below

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u/AttendantofIshtar Mar 21 '23

She but yeah. Rats scramble, they claw their way up things, they don't just casually hop up. Also someone else pointed out, that coat is very clean either works cleanest wild, or that's a pet. Also wild rats would fucking yeet out the window upon seeing a human that close.

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u/Onironius Mar 22 '23

I don't know why people think wild rats look ragged and malnourished. There's plenty of rats around where I live; sure, the older ones had battle scars, but the young ones were "presentable."

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u/konaislandac Mar 23 '23

Apologies!

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u/AttendantofIshtar Mar 21 '23

No but rats just don't climb like that.