- Crimsoninja

such a retard

- Crimsoninja

there isn't enough room on the HB servers for the amount of laffies I would like to post in response to this.

i'm allergic to certain types of grass. i do not disparage the grass i disparage my own weak vessel.

(also, yay!)
- Don'tForgetTocchet

lol must not be the Enterprise...LOLZ

lol must not be the Enterprise...LOLZ
- Pike_Tyson

three laffies

- hockeypunk36

Rats Show Empathy And Altruistic Behavior, New Study Claims

In the new study, Mason and Bartal placed pairs of rats in Plexiglass pens. One rat was trapped in a cage in the middle of the pen, whereas the other rat was free to run around. Most free rats circled their imprisoned peer, gnawing at the cage and sticking their paws, noses and whiskers through any openings. After a week of trial and error, 23 of the 30 rats in the experiment learned to open the cage and free their peers by head-butting the cage door or leaning their full weight against the door until it tipped over. (The door could only be opened from the outside.) At first the rats were startled by the noise of the toppling door. Eventually, however, they stopped showing surprise, which suggests that they fully intended to push the door aside. Further, the rodents showed no interest in opening empty cages or in those containing toy rats, indicating that a break out was their genuine goal.

In this first set of experiments, most rats seemed quite willing to help their peers, but Mason wanted to give them a tougher test. She placed rats in a Plexiglass pen with two cages: in one was another rat, in the other was a pile of five milk chocolate chips -- a favorite snack of these particular rodents. The unrestricted rats could easily have eaten the chocolate themselves before freeing their peers or been so distracted by the sweets that they would neglect their imprisoned friends. Instead, most of the rats opened both cages and shared in the chocolate chip feast.

"In our lab we called it the 'chocolate versus pal' experiment," Mason says. "The rat could have put his butt in the opening of the cage containing chocolate to block the other guy, but he didn't. They were sharing food with their pals. In rat land, that is big—I was shocked." Mason says that free rats typically took the chocolate out of the cage before eating it and that sometimes the free rats placed the chocolate chips in front of or very near their recently sprung peers, "as if delivering it."

http://www.huffingtonpost...c-behavior_n_1140130.html

Rats Show Empathy And Altruistic Behavior, New Study Claims

In the new study, Mason and Bartal placed pairs of rats in Plexiglass pens. One rat was trapped in a cage in the middle of the pen, whereas the other rat was free to run around. Most free rats circled their imprisoned peer, gnawing at the cage and sticking their paws, noses and whiskers through any openings. After a week of trial and error, 23 of the 30 rats in the experiment learned to open the cage and free their peers by head-butting the cage door or leaning their full weight against the door until it tipped over. (The door could only be opened from the outside.) At first the rats were startled by the noise of the toppling door. Eventually, however, they stopped showing surprise, which suggests that they fully intended to push the door aside. Further, the rodents showed no interest in opening empty cages or in those containing toy rats, indicating that a break out was their genuine goal.

In this first set of experiments, most rats seemed quite willing to help their peers, but Mason wanted to give them a tougher test. She placed rats in a Plexiglass pen with two cages: in one was another rat, in the other was a pile of five milk chocolate chips -- a favorite snack of these particular rodents. The unrestricted rats could easily have eaten the chocolate themselves before freeing their peers or been so distracted by the sweets that they would neglect their imprisoned friends. Instead, most of the rats opened both cages and shared in the chocolate chip feast.

"In our lab we called it the 'chocolate versus pal' experiment," Mason says. "The rat could have put his butt in the opening of the cage containing chocolate to block the other guy, but he didn't. They were sharing food with their pals. In rat land, that is big—I was shocked." Mason says that free rats typically took the chocolate out of the cage before eating it and that sometimes the free rats placed the chocolate chips in front of or very near their recently sprung peers, "as if delivering it."

http://www.huffingtonpost...c-behavior_n_1140130.html
- kicksave856

awww merry christmas poor little rats

- hockeypunk36

- Crimsoninja

so awesome

super awesome

Baby Seal Enters House, Sleeps On Couch
http://www.huffingtonpost...ouse-couch_n_1146980.html

Baby Seal Enters House, Sleeps On Couch
http://www.huffingtonpost...ouse-couch_n_1146980.html
- muffin_man

ramp it

oh a FUR seal


couch lady, hide it away. plz.

oh a FUR seal


couch lady, hide it away. plz.
- Don'tForgetTocchet

U wanna go clubbing?

U wanna go clubbing?
- Pike_Tyson

*dances furiously*

*dances furiously*
- Don'tForgetTocchet

Would've guessed you more of a Safety Dance girl than an Angry Dance one.

*dances furiously*
- Don'tForgetTocchet

*has fun anyway*

*dances furiously*
- Don'tForgetTocchet

fist pump, plz.