"And the rats swam faster than the men," Maes said.

And my rats will swim, believe me.

After as few as six trials, a rat placed in the water would swim almost directly to the platform.

Wonderland is a place where a rat in royal blue velvet swims across a flooded room and starts a campfire on Alice's head.

Learning is shown when the rat swims a more direct route to the obscured platform.

A rat, put in the tank, swims at random until it locates the shelf, more or less accidentally, and climbs onto it.

The rat must swim around the pool until by chance it discovers just below the surface the hidden platform onto which it can climb.

Typically, rats swim around the edge of the pool first before venturing out into the center in a meandering pattern before stumbling upon the hidden platform.

After enough practice, a capable rat or mouse can swim directly from any release point to the platform.

On the canals, first-floor doors rot, and rats can swim into the basements.