> You can feed a rat with anything. > > A rat like a human is specialized in eating > *anything*. True. My son raises rats, and they will eat just about anything if given the chance. > Or, it may like humans in the same situation tend to > eat itself into it's > own grave. Nope. As far as I can tell, rats eat more intelligently than humans. First, a rat will "try" a new food by taking just a bit. If, after a certain period of time (instinctive) the rat suffers no ill effects, it will continue eating the food. But - and here's where they really differ from humans - rats never seem to overeat. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and that's it. Fascinating little critters. Very intelligent - and friendly, too. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/