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China: Mouse Forced Out by Water Trick in Hubei

On June 23, 2025, in Hubei, central China, a man used an unusual method to catch a mouse hiding in a dorm drain. He poured bottles of water into the pipe until a small soaked mouse crawled out, shivering. The man quickly grabbed it by the ears as it wriggled in panic. He explained that the dorm door had been left open, allowing the rodent to sneak in and hide. Chinese viewers praised his persistence — and bravery.

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China: Rat Tries to Survive From Flood After Super Typhoon Ragasa in Macau

On September 24, 2025, in Macau, China, a video captured a rat fighting for its life as it clambered up a window to escape rising floodwaters after Super Typhoon Ragasa.

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

Indian Rat Snakes Spotted in Ajmer - India

A Pair of The Indian rat snake or Oriental rat snake (Ptyas mucosa) is seen on the outskirts of Forest in Ajmer, India on 17 July 2025. Photo by Himanshu Sharma/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Aurora Borealis - Canada

Aurora Borealis - Canada

he northern lights, or the aurora borealis, appear in the sky over Rat Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories on Thursday, Aug.8, 2024. Photo by Bill Braden/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aurora Borealis - Canada

Aurora Borealis - Canada

he northern lights, or the aurora borealis, appear in the sky over Rat Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories on Thursday, Aug.8, 2024. Photo by Bill Braden/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aurora Borealis - Canada

Aurora Borealis - Canada

he northern lights, or the aurora borealis, appear in the sky over Rat Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories on Thursday, Aug.8, 2024. Photo by Bill Braden/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aurora Borealis - Canada

Aurora Borealis - Canada

he northern lights, or the aurora borealis, appear in the sky over Rat Lake in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories on Thursday, Aug.8, 2024. Photo by Bill Braden/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier Rat of France during their Men Preliminary Phase Pool F match in the Beach Volleyball competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 29 July 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier Rat of France during their Men Preliminary Phase Pool F match in the Beach Volleyball competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 29 July 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier Rat of France during their Men Preliminary Phase Pool F match in the Beach Volleyball competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 29 July 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier Rat of France during their Men Preliminary Phase Pool F match in the Beach Volleyball competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 29 July 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier Rat of France during their Men Preliminary Phase Pool F match in the Beach Volleyball competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 29 July 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Paris 2024 - Beach Volley General View

Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier Rat of France during their Men Preliminary Phase Pool F match in the Beach Volleyball competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 29 July 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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East China village holds lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals

STORY: East China village holds lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 24, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the lantern parade 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JIXING, City-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor in Anhui STORYLINE: A lantern show featuring Chinese zodiac animals was held on Saturday in Hongcun Village, east China's Anhui Province, to celebrate the Lantern Festival. The 12 Chinese zodiac animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep or goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HE JIXING, City-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor in Anhui "The Lantern Festival celebrations in Hongcun have a history of hundreds of years. To celebrate the festival this year, we've designed a group of lanterns featuring the 12 Chinese zodiac animals to light up the night sky in the countryside."| The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month o

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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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Argentina's central bank hikes benchmark interest rate to 97 pct

STORY: Argentina's central bank hikes benchmark interest rate to 97 pct DATELINE: May 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Buenos Aires CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views and markets STORYLINE: The Argentine central bank on Monday again raised the benchmark interest rate by 600 basis points, pushing the rate from 91 percent to 97 percent annually. The decision aims to promote "positive real returns on investments in local currency" and "prevent financial volatility from acting as a driver of inflation expectations," the bank said in a press release. In April, monthly inflation rose 8.4 percent compared to March, according to the bank. The decision complements a package of economic measures the government announced over the weekend to reduce inflation, stabilize the exchange rate and guarantee consistent levels of economic activity. "The central bank will continue to monitor the evolution of the general level of prices, the dynamics of the financial market, and exchange rat

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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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Japanese team replicates movement in small muscle grown from rat cells

Japanese team replicates movement in small muscle grown from rat cells

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo Professor Shoji Takeuchi holds a bottle containing an artificial joint at the university's Institute of Industrial Science in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Oct. 24, 2014. A team led by Takeuchi has succeeded in replicating contraction and stretching in a small muscle grown from rat cells. The team attached two artificial muscle tissues to either side of a 2-centimeter-long artificial joint and was able to contract and stretch them smoothly by applying an electric stimulus.

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Leprosy patient in Indonesia

Leprosy patient in Indonesia

SUMBERGLAGAH VILLAGE, Indonesia - This Nov. 23, 2013 photo shows Sutarip, 23, a leprosy patient, sitting on his bed at a leprosy hospital in the village of Sumberglagah in Indonesia's East Java Province. His disease caused him to be exiled from his family and community, live in a forest for two years, and eat rat, cat and snake to survive. He was evacuated on Jan. 11, 2014.

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Cattle succeeds rat in Chinese zodiac

Cattle succeeds rat in Chinese zodiac

OSAKA, Japan - A panda mouse is seen on the head of a Holstein cow in Osaka on Dec. 26 in a ceremony to commemorate the change of the year in the Chinese zodiac from the rat this year to the cow next year.

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Boar ready to hand over role to mouse

Boar ready to hand over role to mouse

OSAKA, Japan - A boar meets with a husky rat in an annual event held atop the Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka on Dec. 27 to mark the imminent changeover from the Year of Boar in 2007 to the Year of Mouse in 2008.

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Votive picture tablet of rat on display at Kumano-Nachi Shrine

Votive picture tablet of rat on display at Kumano-Nachi Shrine

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - A big votive picture tablet of a rat, next year's animal in the 12-symbol Chinese and Japanese zodiac, goes on display on Nov. 29 at Kumano-Nachi Shrine in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture.

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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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