"We were in classrooms where kids had to share space with rats," he said.

Boss, all we've ever been able to do with rats is fight them to a draw.

My dad helped me make a big box, which I put in a dark room and packed with rats.

Competition for food with rats can be significant in parts of the island.

Living there in a cellar with rats for two years.

We can get some idea from certain experiments that have been done with rats.

Then she tried to reach out once more, her arms heavy with clinging rats.

He used to live here - with his wife, rats and an income of something like $8,000 a year - but then life improved.

Why, I wasn't sure, but that made it okay to be with other rats.

Who knows, with enough rats, we might even be able to break out of here.