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March 14, 2005

Why rats can't vomit

I have been unwell for a couple days now with some kind of stomach bug.

I was interested to learn today that although rats are similar to humans in many respects, you will never see a rat vomiting. Instead they simply avoid eating things which are going to make them sick. This fine, lucid article at www.ratbehaviour.org explains fully why rats can't vomit.

I really want to be better by Wednesday because there is an important meeting up in Kaya about the radio project.

Posted by sahelsteve at March 14, 2005 08:11 PM