ELi5: Rats seem to be the gold standard for behavioral lab experiments – why? Other than quantity, what makes rats good test subjects in relation to humans?

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ELi5: Rats seem to be the gold standard for behavioral lab experiments – why? Other than quantity, what makes rats good test subjects in relation to humans?

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It depends on what you are testing.

For example, Pigs make a better heart analog. Enough so that people can have the heart valve from a pig transplanted.

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