Mustrum_Ridcully
Hero
Some probably do. And I think in general, they are not invisible entities to the rats. Rats are, as far as I know, capable of recognizing other "animals", even if they can't effectively communicate with them.
Why haven't aliens got in contact with us yet?
They certainly talk to and handle the rats, and pretty clearly the rats are cognizant of the researcher's existence. Rats can even show affection for people (which is part of why they actually make good pets).
Ryujin
Legend
I suppose that depends on how heavy the sedation is. Big glowy light. Someone picks you up. Sedation. Lost time. Back where you started.
Oh, wait. That's redneck abductees. As you were.
Good question. Let's find a rat that wears a watch, and knows how to tell time, and ask it! Can probably spin that into its own research grant.
Good question. Let's find a rat that wears a watch, and knows how to tell time, and ask it! Can probably spin that into its own research grant.
actually....
the core question is does a rat have a sense of time, and do they recognize time as lost?
So if you have a consistently lit room and feed the rat every 8 hours, can you set a pattern of expectation of dinner that you can detect when 8 hours has past? Let's assume a real behavioral scientist will fine tune the concept, as they have a good idea on how to test stuff like that.
Then you kidnap and drug the rat in the middle of the 8 hours, so it "loses 3 hours time".
When the rat wakes up, does he exhibit the behavior at the actual right time, or as offset by 3 hours from being unconscious?
hunger probably isn't the right tool to use, as empty tummy works as a pretty good clock, but imagine some thing like that that we can test if the rats recognize the time pattern, and then jack with it.
I know. That rats may not have the same perception of time as we do was sort of implied in the "find a rat with a watch" thing.
"Timex for Algernon"
Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
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