You know how scientists are always doing medical experiments on rodents? It turns out those studies have real-world applications, as this Associated Press story suggests:
A flight crew checking the cabin of a Qantas plane before takeoff found rats in a compartment holding medical equipment, grounding the plane for more than a day, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Crews did a visual check of the plane Tuesday afternoon and found no more rats or any damage. The rodents had been in a cabinet holding a defibrillator.
It was really cute when, just before applying the electric shock, one of the little fellas squeaked "Clear!"
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Not just rats; just the other day, I caught a few of the chipmunks (that live in a nest of caves in our front yard so enormous and complex that they would do any ant colony proud) running across our lawn with a stash of electrical cables, batteries, plastic molds, an old calculator, and a gallon of lemonade. He even managed to flick me the middle finger of his front paw. These creature are capable of vastly more than we give them credit for! ;-)
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