Rats have an imagination, new research finds

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• Ashyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Nothing so smart should live such a short time. I’d love to have them as pets, but saying goodbye every few years would be too much.

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  • Nougat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh my god it's the worst, because they love you so much.

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    • oo1@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      not all of them.
      some of thm are grumpy loners - at least in terms of humans.
      some are skittish around humans (probably a good trait in general for such a creature)
      some are friendly to humans.
      some are more curiois and inquisitive.
      some are quite stay-at-home / clean freaks.
      some are more agressive / territorial,
      some are ingeniuos and have better problem solving / building / physical manipulation skills.

      quite a range of different personalities.

      and their behaviour often also relates to their group dynamic and social standing - as they're social and rely on each other in complex ways.

      I'm sure we'll never know all the psychological and social complexities of other species of life (or even our own).

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  • big_slap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    this is just how I feel about pets in general. I recently adopted a senior dog and my mind just jumps to the end cause I love her so much

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And they never get old and died it was end up getting cancer or something, it’s awful.

    I’ve been thinking of getting a chipmunk next time. They live for about a decade.

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• Nougat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you, like me, thought "How the hell can they know that?" -- the experiment is described in the article and it's craaazy.

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  • match@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I thought this was gonna be some cool experimental design, maybe some mirrors and paint or something.

    Not fucking brain-machine interfaces and VR

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• rifugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well, of course! It takes imagination to be a great chef.

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• Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Imagine that

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• XbSuper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Then imagine yourself outside my home. And then actually go outside my home.

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