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Post by geikou on Feb 18, 2004 4:36:49 GMT -8
 A worshipper sharing food with rats, Bikarner, India. From Attenborough, David (2002). "The Life of Mammals". |
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Feb 18, 2004 8:01:28 GMT -8
hmmm, not my thing! ;D  That he is not affraid for diseases??? With my own gerbils I don't find it a problem when they take a bite when I don't see it, but wild rats!  |
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Post by geikou on Feb 18, 2004 21:23:39 GMT -8
At a temple in Bikaner, India, rats are considered sacred. Worshippers come to feed them, nettings are set up to protect the rats from birds, and they run freely and fearlessly among human visitors.
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"They swarm up the pinnacles and burrow beneath the mattresses on which the priests who guard them sleep. Bearded holy men sit beside brass trays loaded with grain and share food with the rats which run in swarms over their shoulders and hide beneath their beards."
I believe this temple was featured in an episode of an American Reality-TV show "The Amazing Race". Contestants had to enter the temple (full of running rats) to find a clue!
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Post by paws on Jul 18, 2004 22:44:29 GMT -8
Cool...  I bet the food tastes a bit Ratty! Don't the guards mind that they have little rat heads poking up under the pillow all the time? I would !  |
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Post by andrea on Jul 18, 2004 23:39:03 GMT -8
eewww ... sharing your food with your pets is one thing but wild ones.... at least you know the animals at home won't be carrying anything you don't have already ;D
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I bet the food tastes a bit Ratty! Don't the guards mind that they have little rat heads poking up under the pillow all the time? I would ! 