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May 27, 2014 09:45 am PDT
In what he calls "an Experiment in Controlled Digression," Mark Dery touches on xenogastronomy, ortolan, Edible Dormouse, Victor Hugo's fondness for rat pt, rat-baiting as a betting sport in Victorian times, the rat as New York's unofficial mascot, Luis Buuel's pet rat, scientific research into such pressing questions as whether rats laugh, and whether rats will inherit the Earth as a result of climate change, Dracula's dominion over rats, and of course the (cryptozoological myth? well-documented phenomenon?) of the Rat King. Read the rest
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/W2DqCd2cCTI/the-rat-king.html
The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) ofRattus
In what he calls "an Experiment in Controlled Digression," Mark Dery touches on xenogastronomy, ortolan, Edible Dormouse, Victor Hugo's fondness for rat pt, rat-baiting as a betting sport in Victorian times, the rat as New York's unofficial mascot, Luis Buuel's pet rat, scientific research into such pressing questions as whether rats laugh, and whether rats will inherit the Earth as a result of climate change, Dracula's dominion over rats, and of course the (cryptozoological myth? well-documented phenomenon?) of the Rat King. Read the restOriginal Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/W2DqCd2cCTI/the-rat-king.html
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