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	<title>Comments on: Hero RATS are My Heroes</title>
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		<title>By: Zaphod</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zaphod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have a bit of a problem with involving rats. Rats are highly intelligent - Gambian giant rats, even more so - and have been shown to be capable of metacognition, and that&#039;s just under current testing. Is it just to use creatures who are, by many definitions, at the top of the evolutionary chain, for such a task? To clean up after stupid human problems? It isn&#039;t their problem, and they&#039;re progressing. Use your own damn kids to look for mines. It&#039;s not our concern.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a bit of a problem with involving rats. Rats are highly intelligent &#8211; Gambian giant rats, even more so &#8211; and have been shown to be capable of metacognition, and that&#8217;s just under current testing. Is it just to use creatures who are, by many definitions, at the top of the evolutionary chain, for such a task? To clean up after stupid human problems? It isn&#8217;t their problem, and they&#8217;re progressing. Use your own damn kids to look for mines. It&#8217;s not our concern.</p>
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		<title>By: Tory Garroutte</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tory Garroutte</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>so this can be what will become of darwanism
(Approved: 2010/07/19)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so this can be what will become of darwanism<br />
(Approved: 2010/07/19)</p>
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		<title>By: Christie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks so much for bringing Hero Rats to my attention. It is a great charity for humanitarians who also happen to have a soft spot for rodents</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks so much for bringing Hero Rats to my attention. It is a great charity for humanitarians who also happen to have a soft spot for rodents</p>
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