** High Priority **
That is true. Rats can not vomit. They do not have the necessary musculature needed.
In the good old days of taste aversion conditioning, one of the arguments against long
delays was that the rats were vomiting the taste at a time contigious with the toxin.
Not so. See:
OK - I have several confirmations that rats can't vomit - but I had already
been pretty sure that was true.
But - what about the second claim - that carbonated beverages will cause
rats to suffer internal rupture because they can't release the gas?
Does Pepsi really make rats explode?
-- Jim
on 2/14/02 8:03 AM, Michael LAVIN at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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That is true. Rats can not vomit.
Neither can horses. (Not that horses are typical research subjects.) This
inability makes colic a real problem, and explains why a colicy horse is
an emergency medical
in acts of sabotage. Excerpted below is the
relevant
passage from the article. The article also described other ingenious ways to deliver
explosives to an enemy.
Jeff
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[from: How exploding rats went down a bomb - and helped British boffins win the
second world war
OK - this is going to sound like a REALLY strange question. Perhaps
Michael S. should be asking it.
Years ago, I heard - somewhere - that rats cannot vomit or burp (this part
I am pretty sure is true). Further, if rats are given a carbonated
beverage to drink, they will be unable to
Jim:
I'm hesitant to bring up the subject for fear that I may be regurgitating
someone else's information (please don't rat on me), but if I don't pass
this along I may explode (or at least rupture something internal).
You may want to get in touch with Linda Parker, a researcher here at
Wilfrid
I just read in the Washington Post that a cornered rat blew himself up in
Sana, Yemen.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History
