XPost: misc.news.internet.discuss   
   From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2015-08-20, cazza13  wrote:   
   > If you don't like rats, you might want to sit down for this -- but   
   > maybe don't sit on the toilet.   
   >   
   > Intrigued by the question of how rats make it into toilet bowls (and   
   > yes, it does happen), National Geographic put together this brief   
   > video tracing the rodents' paths from street to sewer, sewer to indoor   
   > plumbing and, ultimately, into the toilet. Perhaps the most incredible   
   > part is how easily a rat can navigate the sharp 180-degree U-turn   
   > within the actual toilet pipes, all while underwater.   
      
   Good one!  This belongs in sci.misc if ever an article did.  This counts   
   as true science important to the wellbeing of humankind!   
      
   I have a friend who once sat on a latrine only to have dozens of bats   
   pour forth from between her legs.  Turns out the latrine was home to a   
   nest of bats who enjoyed the dark, cool respite.  To say my friend then   
   promptly 'freaked out' would be an understatement.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)