Those Beady Eyed Rats Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rodentia

Rats are in the order Rodentia. The order runs the gamut in terms of the sizes from the smallest, the pygmy jerboa, to the largest, the capybara.

Lagamorpha is the order of rabbits and hares. Carnivora is the large order of animals that eat mainly meat. This orders includes animals such as dogs, cats, and raccoons among others. Passeriformes is the order of most small songbirds such as chickadees, kinglets, and bushtits.

Answer: Continuously growing incisors

How many rats have you seen with long bushy tails?
Ever wonder why you see rodents constantly chewing on things? Its because of those incisors. If they are not trimmed regularly by gnawing, they can grow so long that the animal can no longer eat. In domestic situations, the rodent would need to be taken to a veterinarian who will file down the teeth.

Answer: Black rat (Rattus rattus)

The black rat may not be the most well known or often seen species, but it carried fleas that had the pathogen that caused bubonic plague. These rats scurried onto ships and then disembarked wherever the ship made port. This allowed the fleas to spread to other parts of Europe.

The more well known rat is the Norway rat. Among its many names are city rat and sewer rat. It is also the species that was used to create the domestic rat, or fancy rat.

Answer: False

Rats are omnivores. This means that they will eat any type of food from fruit to carrion to bones. They are basically nature's garbage cans.

Answer: Detect land mines

Land mines are prevalent through out Africa after being left behind after years of war. These rats find the land mines by scent. They then scratch at the mine to indicate to the people searching that they found a one. They can get away with running through mine fields because they are too light to trigger the mines.

Answer: Asia

Rats and some other rodents spread across the globe by affiliating with humans. Some have also been introduced by people into areas where they were not previously found.

Answer: India

The Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke, India is inhabited by rats who are protected and are considered sacred. These rats are believed to be destined for reincarnation as Sadhus or Hindu holy men. The priests at the temple give the rats milk and grain, and the worshipers also eat the food from the same bowl as the rats.

A white rat is supposed to be the reincarnated form of the Hindu sage Karni Mata or one of her four sons, and is supposed to be a blessing.

Answer: A mischief

As anyone who has ever owned a rat can attest to, this is a good name for a group of these guys.

Answer: True

Yes they can. Many people wonder how they can do it since rats cannot hold their breath for very long due to their small lungs. They can accomplish this because of the "S" shape of most toilet plumbing. The rat takes a big gulp of air and "snakes" its way through the tube.

At one turn in the tube there is an air pocket. The rat stops at this place and takes in more air to complete its journey to your toilet bowl.

Answer: The skin on the tail might slough off

A rat should never be picked up by its tail and held because the skin on the tail is very thin and it can cause an injury known as a tail degloving. The only time it is acceptable to hold a rat by the tail is when you are using both hands to pick it up. You grab the base of the tail and then scoop your hand under the belly to support the rat's weight.

Rats are incapable of vomiting.