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  1. Kengi says

    Aww. They have little hands and feet! And one of them has a little snake friend that follows it around!

    Seriously adorable.

  2. says

    They all have little snake friends! I’ve come across more people who get the shudders, not over rats, but their tails. They can’t abide a naked tail.

    Rat tails are a very important bit though, that’s how they regulate temperature, so it would be a bad thing if they were all furry. And it would look weird. ;p

  3. kestrel says

    That first one is giving me a cute overload. I’m trying to imagine rats with puffy, furry tails: that would be cute too but then they would look kind of like chinchillas…

  4. rq says

    I don’t mind the nekkid tails, they’re quite fascinating, but I will admit they look like little snakes following them around -- then again, I like snakes, too. Adorable!

  5. stellatree says

    Haha, I was looking at the overall body shape, but the balls are like a mini egg too :-D they do look comical dragging them around, poor boys.

  6. Ice Swimmer says

    Still adorable. From the first and the second one could gather that as a male rat you have to take care of your feet and check your balls from time to time.

    In the third, I love how the boys are napping between each other’s tail and body.

  7. says

    Ice Swimmer:

    In the third, I love how the boys are napping between each other’s tail and body.

    Those two were complete partners, they loved each other so much. Chas was the homebody, rarely leaving the studio, while Alfie was the intrepid explorer, who also kept the cats in line. They were terrified of Alfie.

  8. says

    Naked tails bother people? They’re just suffering tail envy! Think of all the social things we could signal if we had long beautiful tails!

  9. rq says

    Think of all the social things we could signal if we had long beautiful tails!

    Great. Not just catcalling, but tailwaving, too! (I say this with some snark.)

  10. rq says

    “Gahd, all those men out there, waving their tails suggestively in my general direction! It’s summer, for fucks’ sake, not a zoo.”
    “Seriously, dude, get that fluff out of my face, I’m going to work.”
    “I’m glad you can make rings with your tail. Can you get out of the way and let me off the bus now?”
    “See my tail? It means I’m not interested. Now go away.”

  11. rq says

    We would need tails which could act as a whip.

    With a stinger on the end. *cackle*

  12. says

    rq:

    With a stinger on the end.

    A venomous stinger. That could solve a lot of problems. “Oh scientists, get right on that, please!”

  13. rq says

    I want mine to be stripey like a ring-tail lemur tail. With a nice, accurate, snappy action, when needed.

  14. busterggi says

    Now I miss Yde Girl, Spook and my other ratties of long ago.

    But with ten cats it wouldn’t be a good idea.

  15. says

    In this house, the rats rule. The cats leave them be, they’ve learned the hard way what happens when they don’t.

  16. says

    rq:

    I want mine to be stripey like a ring-tail lemur tail. With a nice, accurate, snappy action, when needed.

    I’d go with the naked tail, but infused with chromatophores. Gotta be able to accessorize. It would enable much more ring wearing!

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