What' s the best way to kill a rat?

[Trevelyan]

It is true that Rats cannot vomit (according to Trivial Pursuit for one. Apparently they can regurgitate however...) and therefore have always been susceptible to poison.

 

[Raziaar]

Don't kill it. Rats are nice. unless it's a black rat. And a plague carrier. You can kill it then. Otherwise just try and capture it and put it outside.

Racist!

Laughter in rats
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

It was discovered that rats emit short, high frequency, ultrasonic, socially induced vocalization during rough and tumble play, and when tickled. The vocalization is described as a distinct "chirping." Humans cannot hear the "chirping" without special equipment. It was also discovered that, like humans, rats have "tickle skin": certain areas of the body that generate more laughter response than other areas. The laughter is associated with positive emotional feelings, and social bonding occurs with the human tickler, resulting in the rats becoming conditioned to seek the tickling. Additional responses to the tickling included: those that laughed the most also played the most, and those that laughed the most preferred to spend more time with other laughing rats. This suggests a social preference to other rats exhibiting similar responses. However, as the rats age, there does appear to be a decline in the tendency to laugh and in the response to tickle skin. The initial goal of Jaak Panksepp and Jeff Burgdorf’s research was to track the biological origins of joyful and social processes of the brain by comparing rats and their relationship to the joy and laughter commonly experienced by children in social play. Although the research was unable to prove rats have a sense of humor, it did indicate rats can laugh and express joy. Panksepp & Burgdorf 2003 Chirping by rats is also reported in additional studies by Brian Knutson of the National Institutes of Health. Rats chirp when wrestling one another, and before receiving morphine or having sex. The sound has been interpreted as an expectation of something rewarding. Science News 2001

A video about this research is available here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-admRGFVNM



Oh god, I want a rat now!

 

[Saturos]

Never. NEVER! World Domination for all those born under the rat!

 

[15357]

I speak from experience when I say gas kills them quickly.

 

[Saturos]

I speak from experience when I say gas kills them quickly.

If there are smokers in the family, it would kill humans rather quickly too, as well as any home owners insurance you might have.

 

[15357]

If there are smokers in the family, it would kill humans rather quickly too, as well as any home owners insurance you might have.

Lol, no.



When I was young and lived in the countryside, a goverment car would come one day and the next day the streets would be filled with dead rats.

 

[Saturos]

Lol, no.



When I was young and lived in the countryside, a goverment car would come one day and the next day the streets would be filled with dead rats.

Maybe the guy who burnt down the S. Korean national treasure was just a pest control guy who thought the same thing too.

 

[Druckles]

Wth happened to rats being evil?

 

[Sulkdodds]

I speak from experience when I say gas kills them quickly.

As a child, Numbers would build little concentration camps for his pets.

 

[Phobie]

Slip some warfarin inside a piece of bread. I've got plenty.

Why am I saying this? Rats are super. Don't kill them.

 

[SimonomiS]

As a child, Numbers would build little concentration camps for his pets.

It was good times for the model train shop owner.

 

[Naph]

Bag it up, then knock it on the head with a hammer.
Best, most sterile way to killing a rat.

If you have a problem, rat trap or bait.
And if your cheap... A box, cheese, strut, string and patience.

 

[Seppo]

railgun usually works

 

[Eejit]

As a child, Numbers would build little concentration camps for his pets.

You imply he's stopped doing that?

 

[delusional]

Set a rattler snake loose.

 

[McCoy]

I have one under my floorboards, and it will not come out.

Suggestshens?

Do a barrel roll.

Then kill the rat with a moustrap/rat poison blocks.

 

[15357]

As a child, Numbers would build little concentration camps for his pets.

It was a 1/16 scale model of Auschewitz. Equipped with razor wire and a fully airtight shower.