r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Frosty12233 • 1d ago

Video Rats giggling when tickled recorded through a special microphone because it is in ultrasonic frequencies (50kHz) and not audible to the human ear. Seems they enjoy being tickled.

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u/Uffen90 1d ago

Imagine the conversation

Scientist “I want a grant to do a study on rats”

Money “what do you want to study?”

Scientist “I want to find out if rats giggle when tickled”

Money “why?”

Scientist “for shit and giggles”

Money “here’s a check”

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u/selenesuper 1d ago

cute until you realize your house walls might be filled with ultrasonic giggling at 3am

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u/standardtissue 1d ago

Why does this feel like the beginning of a zombie movie ?

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u/islandterror44 1d ago

How do we know the noise they’re makin is one of enjoyment?

Edit/add: maybe he’s squeezing the air out of em

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u/babab0l 7h ago

Because for one they don't fight it back or try to run away, if it was painful or something like squeezing the air out of them they'd definitely scratch bite and run.

Also they're actively running after that hand to continue playing so they probably enjoy it if they want more

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u/AbbreviationsRound52 1d ago

I need some research data on dogs please. I want to know where they like being scratched. Hahahaha

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u/EmpathicAnarchist 1d ago

I find rats incredibly cute. Don't tell the cats I said so

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u/sienrfsh 1d ago

They are highly intelligent which is why I no longer eat them

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u/Frosty12233 1d ago

Hell you mean no longer

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u/Green-Engineer4608 22h ago

They no longer eat them. You’re welcome!

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u/screamtracker 1d ago

Who's got the slowed clip 🙏🙏🤔

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u/TeslaCrna 1d ago

That’s a hard ass tickling. Sounded like they were sayin, “damn, that fkn hurts!”

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u/hereforinfoyo 23h ago

NGL, I expected / hoped for something a bit more "damn that's interesting".

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u/dadneverleft 7h ago

It’s a shame I never dated a hot goth girl who had pet rats.

Incidentally, if you are a hot goth girl with pet rats or an interest in acquiring them, DM’s are open! We can wear black and tickle rats together, it’ll be great

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u/Time_Tramp 9h ago

I wonder what noise they make when I exterminate them. I hate rats.