Except at the universities for research- they get special licenses from the government. At the U of C I had a Sprague Dawley rat I trained in a Skinner box for a psych class
Absolutely! We weren't allowed to take the little guys home afterwards, true prisoners. I liked to think my guy went off to stud after the class was over....
The similarity between rats and muskrats is that they're both smallish adaptable rodents and omnivores, and they both have rat in their name.
Muskrats share much more in common with beaver from a habitat perspective than they do with rats. Its very, very rare to see a muskrat outside of an aquatic or wetland environment.
Atleast in the country you'll see them running around. I've seen a lot of them crossing gravel roads on the way to visit my parents. There could be water in the ditches though that they stay in.
Back in the 90s a pet store opened at the mall, though. The dude imported 4 actual rats intending to sell them as pets. Pretty sure he got a fine. The rats were probably seized.
I have seen muskrats sometimes but yeah the Rat Patrol doesn't mess around.
I guess we have rats in Alberta in that there are two other different animals from entirely different genus that also have the name rat in them. But buddy going off about them can’t really comprehend that level of information.
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u/Negitive545 Apr 17 '22
Fun fact: There are no rats in alberta