Forget the cheese — these rats have a need for speed.
Scientists teaching rats to drive have discovered that not only are the rodents capable of operating their tiny cars, but they actually enjoy it and even get a kick out of revving their engines.
University of Richmond professor and neuroscientist Kelly Lambert has been leading the research since 2019, and in that time she and her team have found that the whiskered critters really like driving their miniature vehicles…