Last week, we had a story about scientists who put bats on a treadmill. This week, a neuroscientist teaches rats to drive. And they love it!

From @ConversationUS: "We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas pedal."

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And here's the treadmill bats story ICYMI: sciencenews.org/article/vampir…

#Animals #Rats #Bats #Science #Psychology

Putting vampire bats on treadmills reveals an unusual metabolism

A bat gym shows that vampires are more like some insects, burning amino acids from blood proteins rather than the carbs or fats other mammals rely on.

^{Susan Milius (Science News)}