Interesting things few people know about rats

Rodents include quite a number of species, notably 40% of mammals are rodents. Animals of this species have sharp front teeth and their teeth continue to grow in adulthood. Some types are animals that destroy, spread disease.When it comes to rodents, we cannot fail to mention a representative representative of the mouse.

Many types of rats are raised as pets or selected as animals for laboratory research. The characteristics of rats for many scientists believe is because mice are quite smart, moderate in size and also reproduce quite a lot (a year, a female mouse can lay up to six times).

However, there are many other interesting features of rats that we want to introduce to readers.

The tail of a rat is nearly as long as the body.

Mice with color blindness. They also don't like daylight. In other words, rats are nocturnal. In the dark, they have a chance to free themselves.

The mouse's hearing is very good. They can hear sounds in the ultrasonic range. When communicating with each other, mice produce both the usual sounds (human can hear) and even ultrasound (sounds that the human ear cannot hear).

The urine of a male mouse differs from that of a female mouse. The urine composition of male rats has 5 elements that female mouse urine does not have.

At birth, the mouse is blind and they have no body hair.

Mice sleep more than 12 hours a day. Many of us must be jealous of rats in this respect.

The mouse is very organized. The domesticated or raised mice also know how to divide the nest into places to eat, sleep and go to the toilet!

Mice are quite intelligent animals. They can play some crossword and find their way out of the maze.

The mouse can jump to 50cm high. Compared to the size of the rat, this is a respectable figure. Not only that, the mouse is also a great climber and climber.

In Greek mythology, Apollo is sometimes called Apollo Smintheus, meaning Saint Apollo mouse. In the temple he also had a white mouse under the altar.

Hindu saint Ganesha - saint of luck, fortune and wisdom riding a mouse.

In Egypt, a cooked mouse can serve as a medicinal ingredient to treat many diseases, including stomach pain.

Many people today still believe that baked rat meat can cure bedwetting.

Mice have been domesticated for hundreds of years. In the UK, the national mouse club (National Mouse Club of Britain) was established in 1895.

Some mice also faked death if they were too scared or could not find a way to escape.

Mice still take care of newborn mice even though they are not the ones they were born with.