Love the giant rat. Love the way he cleans himself, which is really like a regular rat…just slower.
Reminds me off that scene from The Princess Bride:
Also reminds me of my old pair of hairless rats, Fink and Blink. Blink was born without eyes, and Fink was sometimes mean to her, although they were really very tight.
Cool bat. Just had one hanging in my entryway the other day. Think he was lost or got stuck in the field when the sun came up. He went on his way the next night.
Speaking of bats, I considered getting one of these once:
But you're really supposed to get sugar gliders in pairs, as they're extraordinarily social creatures that normally live in large colonies. If left alone, they can die. And they need to bond with their owners, which generally entails carrying them around in a pouch near your heart. If you don't get more than one of them, you have to carry them around in the pouch all the time, and I think you're supposed to do it a lot anyway, even if you have a pair.
In the end, I figured the sugar glider was a lot better off with its own kind and I was probably better off just being followed around by a dog, who is needy enough as it is.