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Wow in the World

Rat-A-Tat Tickle Attack: Do Rats Even Like Being Tickled?

Wow in the World

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🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Mindy and Reggie are on the top of the Gingerbread Mansion fishing... for rats!? But will they be tickled pink when the rats come to tickle them?! Learn with Mindy and Guy Raz all about a recent study that suggests that, just like us, some rats giggle when they get tickled! It's the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How and WOW in the world of RAT TICKLIN'! Want to learn more about the science behind how rats react to tickling? Click here to see some of the resources we used to help write this episode! Click here for a printable "Wowsheet" to help turn this episode of Wow in the World into a scientific learning adventure! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

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0:06.6

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0:36.6

Wow, it's a beautiful day for fishing, huh, Rich? Just you, me, fishing pole, sitting

0:52.1

here on the roof of my gingerbread mansion. Look, I can almost touch the sun!

0:57.4

Okay, yeah, Rich, I'm going to go ahead and spread the line and while I'm doing that, I need

1:08.8

you to attach the bait. What do you mean, what bait? I've got a little basket over here.

1:13.7

Look, I've got some cheese, and cheese and pizza, some peanut butter. Well, just take an

1:21.1

entire cheese pizza right here, some mother and peanut butter, and then shove it into this hot

1:27.4

dog bunch. No rat is going to be able to resist what's on the end of this fishing line,

1:36.7

that's for sure. Yeah, I did say rat. You didn't think I was going to fish for fish, did

1:42.5

you? Reggie, my boat is bone dry down there. Okay, Rich, on the count of three,

1:50.3

one, two, three. Oh, what was that? Maybe right in the head. And now we wait.

2:04.8

Ooh, it's a peanut butter cheese pizza dog from the sky. Well, don't mind it for

2:10.6

me. How? Rich, how? How nibbling on the base. It's got to be a rat. I can feel it.

2:21.1

So good. Oh, baby, this is going to be a real one girl. Huh, something fishy about this

2:28.9

peanut butter cheese pizza dog, but I can't. Why? Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hey, what's

2:38.8

this fishing line? No! Oh, what in the, oh, hi, Mindy.

2:49.6

Hi, Richie. What are you two doing up here, fishing? How do you expect to catch any fish?

2:58.4

The mode is bone dry. Can't you see I'm up here fishing for rats?

3:04.0

Oh, again. Hey, Mindy. Hey, get a rosy. Dennis. Hi, Richie. What are you all doing on

3:14.0

the roof of the gingerbread house? It's a mansion. Oh, right, sorry, sorry. What are you doing

3:22.0

on the roof of your gingerbread mansion? I'm not sure those pretzel rod beans are going

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