Sick of seeing gifs like this…. One of the easiest moves in the book. Post some real skill or gtfo. I hate how much gloving has blown up. /endrant
Amen.
In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.
The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the payoff of a reunion with it. Astonishingly, if given access to a small hoard of chocolate chips, the free rat would usually save at least one treat for the captive — which is a lot to expect of a rat.
The researchers came to the unavoidable conclusion that what they were seeing was empathy — and apparently selfless behavior driven by that mental state.
“A New Model of Empathy: The Rat” by David Brown, Washington Post
two reasons I like this:
1. university of chicago LOL
2. this is SO cute <3
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i just about died.
i love you lindsay. really. hot mess though you may be.
omg lohan
*thumbs up*
i respect her a little more now
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