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Your morning adorable: Clever rat plays fetch

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The game of fetch is not just for dogs, as a parakeet named Chi-Chi once taught us.

Driving home that point is Twiglet, a domestic rat who has been taught a series of impressive tricks (jumping through a hoop, for one) by YouTube user MasterOfTheMidgets.

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‘My rats used to run off with the ball,’ MasterOfTheMidgets says, ‘but with persistent training they seemed to decide they would rather have the treat.’

You can see more of Twiglet’s tricks and watch rat-training tutorials at MasterOfTheMidgets’ YouTube channel.

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-- Lindsay Barnett

Video: MasterOfTheMidgets via YouTube

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