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?
In: Biology
They’re small, don’t require a ton of space, they breed quickly, and they’re also really smart, trainable, and sociable, which makes some tests much easier to conduct.
There’s also some PR in play as well. People don’t care as much about rodents, so find it more acceptable to test on them compared to something like say a cat or a dog.
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