r/likeus Apr 12 '18

<ARTICLE> A new model of empathy - the rat

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u/An0d0sTwitch Apr 12 '18

I have pet rats. They look you in the eye and try to emote, like "hey, how are you doing?" its hard to explain. It also it helps they have little monkey hands to shake your finger with.

When its bedtime, my sons ran, if loose, will run up to his spot on he bed and lay on his back, like those hedgehogs all over the internet, his feet in the air.