[rat-forum] REMINDER--Modern Marvels: Rats Premiere is tonight!

[Smith, Jennifer]

Hello,

 

This is just a reminder that "Modern Marvels: Rats" premieres this
evening at 8pm ET/PT on the History Channel.  Please see the forwarded
email below for more details.

 

Regards,

 

Your friends at RGD

 

 

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From: rat-forum-bounces at mcw.edu [mailto:rat-forum-bounces at mcw.edu] On
Behalf Of Kaylan Eggert
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 7:06 PM
To: Kaylan Eggert
Subject: [rat-forum] Modern Marvels: Rats Premiere - Wednesday,April
30th at 8pm EST!

 

It's official, so mark your calendars and spread the word!

 

Modern Marvels: Rats

     

Premieres: Wednesday, April 30th @ 8pm ET/PT on The History Channel
(please check local listings)

 

Rats!  They're some of the most dangerous, destructive and useful
animals on Earth.  The resilient rat has terrified humankind for
centuries, but is the bad rap justified?  In this episode of Modern
Marvels, we'll take the viewer on a rollercoaster ride through our
love-hate relationship with the rat.  We'll ride along with a Terminix
exterminator to get face to face with the creepy creature in a near rat
infestation and see the great lengths we take to get rid of the pesky
pest.  And we'll tour the Hacco Inc. rodenticide plant to see just how
they concoct tasty poisons.  But at the Taconic rat breeding facility,
we'll see how hundreds of thousands of rats are purposely bred and
hand-raised in high-tech, controlled environments.  We'll get up close
and personal with the remarkable rodent as it competes in the Xtreme Rat
Challenge and at the annual American Fancy Rat show.  We'll trace their
history and role as a vector of deadly diseases, but also explore how
they have saved countless lives as a lab rat.  And scientists at the
State University of New York will show us how a remote controlled rat
could become the ultimate rescue animal.

 

For more information log on to:

http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=281393

 

 

 

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