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Tanuki

(14,918 posts) Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:22 PM Feb 2018

Rat taking a bath

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Rat taking a bath (Original Post) Tanuki Feb 2018 OP

You dirty rat! Cirque du So-What Feb 2018 #1

Likely accidentally wandered through.... magicarpet Feb 2018 #2

Exactly! Good one! MLAA Feb 2018 #4

Actually it's not a rat... Rollo Feb 2018 #3

Here's the skinny... from youtube version... Rollo Feb 2018 #5

Thanks, Rollo. It's still pretty cute! And I learned something new... Tanuki Feb 2018 #8

Most likely the pacarana got some greasy stuff on its fur and is trying to get it off IronLionZion Feb 2018 #6

what about rinsing? Motley13 Feb 2018 #7

LOL! Obviously his mother told him to make sure he got behind his ears. Fla Dem Feb 2018 #9

Whatever it is, it's one of the cutest... 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #10

Cirque du So-What

(25,932 posts)

1. You dirty rat!

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:26 PM

Feb 2018

Applies no longer.

magicarpet

(14,145 posts)

2. Likely accidentally wandered through....

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:32 PM

Feb 2018

Last edited Mon Feb 12, 2018, 04:54 PM - Edit history (1)

... the West Wing of the White House. When he managed to get away - ran home to scrub, clean up, and disinfect so as to wash the Nazi off.

Filthy den of vipers who reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

MLAA

(17,285 posts)

4. Exactly! Good one!

Reply to magicarpet (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:41 PM

Feb 2018

Rollo

(2,559 posts)

3. Actually it's not a rat...

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:40 PM

Feb 2018

It's some other kind of rodent, from South America, I think (forget which)

And it's normal grooming behavior for that species...

Rollo

(2,559 posts)

5. Here's the skinny... from youtube version...

Reply to Rollo (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:42 PM

Feb 2018

" BBBYpsi
Pinned by Goryo Barbero
BBBYpsi
1 week ago
It is not a rat. It is a pacarana. Pacarana's do that type of bathing all the time in the wild in the streams & rivers. They are mostly from Peru."

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)

8. Thanks, Rollo. It's still pretty cute! And I learned something new...

Reply to Rollo (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 02:59 PM

Feb 2018

which is always a good thing!

IronLionZion

(45,432 posts)

6. Most likely the pacarana got some greasy stuff on its fur and is trying to get it off

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 01:49 PM

Feb 2018

rather than soap. The person who uploaded the video claimed it was a wild one in Peru and not a pet.

https://www.snopes.com/rat-showering-like-a-person/