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A rat king

A rat king

07.10.2024, Tartu. A rat king, a collection of rats whose tails are intertwined and bound together at the University of Tartu (TÜ) Natural History Museum. Photo: Kristjan Teedema/Tartu Postimees

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Scene in Paris

Scene in Paris

Photo taken on Nov. 20, 2023, shows a "stop rats" sign at a park in Paris, as the French capital deals with a rat infestation problem.

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Damaraland mole rat at Kumamoto zoo

Damaraland mole rat at Kumamoto zoo

Photo taken on June 30, 2023, shows a Damaraland mole rat at the Kumamoto City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in southwestern Japan. An exhibit featuring the first Damaraland mole rats bred at a zoo in Japan opened the same day.

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Damaraland mole rat at Kumamoto zoo

Damaraland mole rat at Kumamoto zoo

Photo taken on June 30, 2023, shows Damaraland mole rats at the Kumamoto City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in southwestern Japan. An exhibit featuring the first Damaraland mole rats bred at a zoo in Japan opened the same day.

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TB-DETECTION

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TB-DETECTION

(230324) -- DAR ES SALAAM, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A trained rat sniffs out tuberculosis (TB) samples at a laboratory in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 14, 2023. At least 19 African giant pouched rats are at the frontline of scaling up efforts aimed at ending tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania by accelerating early detection. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight

STORY: Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSEPH SOKA, APOPO Program Manager STORYLINE: At least 19 African giant pouched rats are at the frontline of scaling up efforts aimed at ending tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania by accelerating early detection. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's biggest city, 10 trained rats are housed in a forested state-of-the-art laboratory in the compounds of the Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency with only one mission: to detect TB with the highest accuracy. Nine other rats trained to detect the smell of mycobacterium TB in human sputum are stationed at the training center at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in the Morogoro region. At the lab in Dar es Salaam, the 10 TB-detection rats are working alongside 12 staff made up of rat handlers and laboratory technicians, said Joseph

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No-go zones in Fukushima

No-go zones in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The kitchen of a house in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, remains littered with utensils in the aftermath of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, in this photo taken in November 2013, about two and a half years after the disaster. The ceiling appears to have been damaged by a roof leak and there is evidence that rats have been in the kitchen. The quake and a subsequent massive tsunami triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Phillies beat 10-2 Rays in Game 4 of World Series

Phillies beat 10-2 Rays in Game 4 of World Series

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard hits a three-run homer in the fourth inning in Game 4 of the World Series against the Tampa Bat Rats at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Oct. 26.

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N.Z. in need of Pied Piper to resolve rat dilemma

N.Z. in need of Pied Piper to resolve rat dilemma

SYDNEY, Australia - Resembling something out of the German folktale Pied Piper, New Zealand's government may be forced to find new home for an island population of Polynesian rats if indigenous Maori people want the rodents moved rather than killed. The Polynesian rat, or Kiore, were bought to New Zealand from Polynesia by early Maori settlers more than 1,000 years ago as a food source.

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Greek professor will launch human sperm experiments

Greek professor will launch human sperm experiments

TOTTORI, Japan - Nikolaos Sofikitis, a researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of Tottori University in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News at the university. The Greek professor said he and his team will launch experiments in Greece next year to preserve sperm-producing functions of young cancer patients by temporarily transferring them to mice and rats.

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SCO countries discuss regional security, counter-terrorism efforts

STORY: SCO countries discuss regional security, counter-terrorism efforts DATELINE: March 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Tashkent CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a meeting held in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on Friday STORYLINE: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has discussed regional security, countering terrorism, separatism and extremism in the member countries, the SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO RATS) said on Friday. At a meeting held in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on Friday, the SCO member countries approved India's proposal to hold on its territory this year a joint anti-terror drill of the competent authorities of the SCO member states, the SCO RATS said in a statement. The SCO RATS Council meeting was attended by representatives of its member countries - India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, according to the statement. The SCO RATS Council also supported the proposal of Kazakhstan to conduct a joint border

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats Drink from bowl of milk at the Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats Drink from bowl of milk at the Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats Drink from bowl of milk at the Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats Drink from bowl of milk at the Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats Drink from bowl of milk at the Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats Drink from bowl of milk at the Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats Drink from bowl of milk at the Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats At The Karni Mata Temple - India

Rats at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 09 September 2021. Hindu devotees offer prayers and donate milk to the rats at the temple, in a tradition thought to contribute to the betterment of their family and wider society. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer & Tamer Hassan Poster Characters: Pete, Jim Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 Date: 24 April 2009

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer Characters: Pete Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 city rats, shooting, steve kelly, danny dyer, natasha williams Date: 24 April 2009

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer & Tamer Hassan Poster Characters: Pete, Jim Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 Date: 24 April 2009

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer Characters: Pete Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 city rats, shooting, steve kelly, danny dyer, natasha williams Date: 24 April 2009

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer Characters: Pete Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 city rats, shooting, steve kelly, danny dyer, natasha williams Date: 24 April 2009

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer Characters: Pete Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 city rats, shooting, steve kelly, danny dyer, natasha williams Date: 24 April 2009

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer Characters: Pete Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 city rats, shooting, steve kelly, danny dyer, natasha williams Date: 24 April 2009

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer Characters: Pete Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 city rats, shooting, steve kelly, danny dyer, natasha williams Date: 24 April 2009

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City Rats (2009)

City Rats (2009)

Danny Dyer Characters: Pete Film: City Rats (2009) Director: Steve Kelly 24 April 2009 city rats, shooting, steve kelly, danny dyer, natasha williams Date: 24 April 2009

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Willard (2003)

Willard (2003)

Crispin Glover With Rats Characters: Willard WITH Film: Willard (2003) 14 March 2003 Date: 14 March 2003

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Willard (2003)

Willard (2003)

Boone Narr, Kim Bonham & William Grisco With Rats Characters: , & WITH Film: Willard (2003) 14 March 2003 Date: 14 March 2003

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