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- bglav, on 03/27/2008, -1/+94Splinter taught Turtles to fight crime. Not impressed...
- Nougat, on 03/27/2008, -0/+56I'm picturing rats with little rakes maintaining a little banzai tree rock garden.
- frooo, on 03/27/2008, -1/+32... I'm going to put it out there that one day a Japanese scientist will figure out how to make an octopus tapdance.
Anyone want to take me on that bet? - talonstriker, on 03/27/2008, -6/+23Alright, I'll get it out of the way:
I, for one, welcome our new rodent overlords. - JoeyDigital, on 03/27/2008, -0/+15opposable thumbs aint got ***** on rats
- serif69, on 03/27/2008, -0/+12I won't take you up on it, but I will add that they'll run it in a televised obstacle course competition.
- abhoody, on 03/27/2008, -1/+12I see nothing in that video that demonstrates that the rats even attempted to use the rake to bring in the food. They place the rake either above the food or close enough to it that eventually, after enough attempts, the rats movements will involuntarily bring the food to it. Throw out the thosands of failures and piece together two of the successess and call it success.
Some of you guys need to take at least a basic level science course. - Gir53457, on 03/27/2008, -0/+8Because of the rocketing housing prices in Japanese cities people are forced to sacrifice large rock gardens in favor of smaller desktop types. These rats are being trained in the fine art of using a rake and soon will be making elegant patterns with sand in the shape of cheese.
- inactive, on 03/27/2008, -0/+8Greetinx? Ste?
I don't understand. - inactive, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Army of Mice Armed With Rakes Raids Downtown Tokyo For Cheese - Film@11!
- Nimara, on 03/27/2008, -0/+73 responses to: “Scientists teach rodents to use rake” [Below the video]
STEVE:
"Great! Now the rats can rake those zen gardens."
NEIL DUCKETT:
"Rake the zen gardens, too funny!"
BRANDON:
"That’s pretty damn awesome, keeping with the other comments, we need ones that can make zen gardens now."
Zen Gardens, The Ultimate Goal. - colorme, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7I used to have Degus! They're really smart, and quite friendly. Good pets, as far as rodents go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degu - Dunge, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7That seemed like a random movement while trying to grab the food, not intelligence..
- KSUdesigner, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8At least get it right if you're going to bother.
I, for one, welcome our new rake-wielding rodent overlords. - docquan, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6That sand's not gonna rake itself, Hiroshi.
- jflowers45, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7I definitely use a rake for leaves and not food ;)
- jboettcher, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6My cats use me as a tool to get food. Get on, purr and knead skin, make a general cute nuisance of themselves and soon enough they get food. It's nothing new.
- BeefPopsicle, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7sure NOW it's rakes, next they will learn to use guns. don't these scientists think of the implications?
- Ratteler, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5"Splinter taught them to be Ninja teens! He's a radical rat..."
- likwidfuzion, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6I see the Japanese are outsourcing the rats from Home Depot.
- capiCrimm, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4I see you've also been to room 101.
- DYMongoose, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4That's exactly what I was thinking...
- qwertydvorak, on 03/28/2008, -0/+4i would rather rats learn broom and mop use to clean their ***** up.
- rivasj, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5Why not chop sticks?
- blackgrape, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4Is pawing at a rake the same think as using a rake?
In which case, my cat can drive a car.... - anachronaut, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I watched the video twice and I never saw the rodent using a tool... the only rake-like object visible to me was the fence that they were placing the seed behind, but I always saw the rodent using his paws to pull the seed forward.
Am I blind? - DYMongoose, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5What Christian propaganda says tool use is a human exclusive trait? That sounds rather trollish to me... (and here I am feeding it... *sends self to time out*)
- iticu, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Yeah, but without opposable thumbs they can;t make the guns.
Therefore, we could make a little village for them and sell them miniature guns, profit off it and have nothing to worry about!
It would be like playing God and creating a mafia of rats. Those Japanese would probably turn it into a gameshow aswell.. - qwertydvorak, on 03/28/2008, -0/+3how can you watch the tentacle hentai porn when there is so much high quality japanese schoolgirl porn out there ?
- smoger, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4When all the illegal immigrants leave America, who will do our landscaping? Rats.
- talonstriker, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3lulz R u seroise?
Following your logic, we (Americans) can accuse ourselves of being lazy because most of the technology developed here are based upon R&D by European scientists during the Enlightenment.
Besides, being lazy for the sake of imagineing about schoolgirls is completely valid.
(hopefully your post wasn't sarcastic) - DeathMote, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3If anything, US is the one with the boring stuff. Japan comes out with all the wacky electronics. /jealous
- inactive, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I didn't see him do anything with that green plastic thing besides push it around.....
- Cebo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Today rake, tomorrow Skaven invasion.
- surKaz, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I want to get on that bet.. but on your side.. I believe that too..
- BlueSkyfish, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3Please don't mention "Japanese" and "octopus" in the same sentence.
/bad memory - WalkerBetween, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Well last year it was shown that rats do possess Metacognition (the ability to think about thinking) which, up until now, only Humans and some Primates had been show to possess and some scientists think it's a trait required for a species to become sapient and sentient. It is entirely possible that if early rats had possessed stronger forepaws with opposable thumbs, the world would be run by highly evolved rats instead of highly evolved monkeys.
- d4rthsid, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2It's actually Bonsai. Banzai is what you say when you jump out of an airplane.
- stackered, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Yes! Now I don't have to rake my own miniature-sized fields.
- aidave, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Yeah. Why doesn't this link have "Reported as possibly inaccurate" on it?
- surKaz, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Gojira!!!.. No.. Degu!!!!.. meh, Doesn't sound as cool...
- Gir53457, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I make you a promise on the life of my forty daughters that this is a cheese wheel you can't refuse.
- A11YND, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3I for one welcome our new Japanese rat overlords.
- Tezkat, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2The Secret of NIMH. Anyone ever watched it? It's pretty damn frightening.
- aidave, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Looked really fake to me. Just trial and error videos which showed 2 instances of the rat randomly hitting the rake to the food. Not scientific at all.
- ImpoliteAndEvil, on 04/06/2009, -0/+1That little guy would be perfect for getting in those hard to reach areas like under the couch!
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Haven't the Japanese heard of a Roomba? - Aines, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1The day when the Japanese rodents will overcome us all draws near.
- jetblackz4, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Big deal I saw a rat teach turtles Karate.
- jlhoben, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1What about miniaturized hand guns? Seems like the logical progression.
- gizram84, on 05/30/2009, -0/+1shut up thezorch
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