duffysmom
12-13-2011, 08:15 PM
I recently read some information about rats that researchers have discovered.
"A study published in Science last week describes an experiment by researchers at the University of Chicago, in which two rats were placed in a cage, one trapped in a small restraint tube. In the vast majority of sessions, the unrestrained rat would become agitated at the alarm calls of his distressed cagemate, then figure out how to open the door of the restrainer to free the trapped rat. To ensure that the liberation was intentional and that the free rats were not just fiddling with the door of the restrainer, the researchers controlled with empty restrainers and restrainers containing stuffed toy rats; the free rats showed little interest in the restraint devices that did not contain fellow live rats, leading the researchers to conclude that the “rats were motivated to move and act specifically in the presence of a trapped cagemate.”"
Crows are also amazing. Experiments have proven that they are as smart as chimps.
What prompted this note is the story about beagles being rescued from
laboratories where they were subject to painful experiments.
:cryin2:
"A study published in Science last week describes an experiment by researchers at the University of Chicago, in which two rats were placed in a cage, one trapped in a small restraint tube. In the vast majority of sessions, the unrestrained rat would become agitated at the alarm calls of his distressed cagemate, then figure out how to open the door of the restrainer to free the trapped rat. To ensure that the liberation was intentional and that the free rats were not just fiddling with the door of the restrainer, the researchers controlled with empty restrainers and restrainers containing stuffed toy rats; the free rats showed little interest in the restraint devices that did not contain fellow live rats, leading the researchers to conclude that the “rats were motivated to move and act specifically in the presence of a trapped cagemate.”"
Crows are also amazing. Experiments have proven that they are as smart as chimps.
What prompted this note is the story about beagles being rescued from
laboratories where they were subject to painful experiments.
:cryin2: