Those hormones, however, return to near-normal levels if the baby rats are stroked.

The ancestor here was a small reptile-like creature who nibbled busily on what looked like the remains of a baby rat.

Huge nests of baby rats were carried out of the rafters of many buildings.

This has been proved in a laboratory, rubbing baby rats with a paintbrush.

Kruel laughed, bent and snatched up the baby black rat by its tail.

Delilah had dropped four baby rats the month before.

He had the face of a baby rat.

"Within five minutes there were four baby rats," Ms. Conneally said.

Scooping water out of the bucket one morning she had fished out a drowned baby rat in her mug.

Salamanders also eat crickets and pinkies, which are baby rats.