Featured
Rats
Sugar Editorial Picks
Love It or Hate It? Seven Rats Table Lamp
In general, I think German lighting designer Ingo Maurer can do no wrong. But in the case of his Seven Rats Table Lamp ($4,680), which depicts seven plastic rats locked inside a steel, gold, brass, and plastic cage structure, I think he's done bad all by himself. If you like caged-rat art, and you like art in lighting form, then this is for you!
Who Else Is Hoping To See Charlie On The Hills?!
With The Hills returning in just a few weeks, I'm admittedly sad that we won't be glimpsing cute Chloe this season (with no Lauren). Now I know this show has more animal lovers and Stephanie Pratt recently told People Pets about her one-year-old rescue named Charlie — what a cutie!
She's no stranger to furry family members, though:
I had every single type of animal growing up.
In This Town, Everyone Gets a Ride!
Seriously, you find the darnedest things walking down the street these days! Just today as he was wandering around the city, OnSugar user Kjell found this interesting sight: the three layer animal cake. Not only is kitty riding the doggie as he walks down the street, but there is a rat hitching a ride on top of this incredible balancing cat!
Cute Alert: Rat and Cat Are in Love
At first, this looked like a classic case of he (the cat) is just not that into you (the rat). But, surprise, surprise, kitty comes around and they're best buds. Bonus points: weirdly compelling elevator music soundtrack.
Britain Has More Rats Than People: Commence Squirming Now
I suppose this story takes the fact that it's the Year of the Rat a smidge too literally. According to experts, Britain now has a larger rat population than they have human beings living in their country.
It appears as though since they halted weekly bin collecting in favor of fortnightly pickups (that’s every two weeks for those of you who don’t speak middle English) trash has been piling up and a call for recycling has never been more dire.
It Beats the Hamster Wheel Any Day
Who says you can't teach rodents anything? Apparently rat surfing is one more way people are trying to include their pets in human activities. They're so cute and so badass at the same time.
The Scoop: Rats Are the New Bomb-Sniffing Dog
For four decades, Columbia has been wrought with war between its government and extremist rebels, leaving dangerous land mines sprinkled over the countryside. But instead of using people or bomb sniffing dogs to locate the mines, Columbia is turning to a much smaller soldier for the job: rats.
For the past few years, rats have been trained in mazes to sniff out dangerous C-4 explosives.
After the Cyclone, Myanmar Battles 50 Year Rat Problem
Sometimes the news is so bad and so removed from your daily experience that the only thing you feel capable of doing is making sure people know. So here it is: after being decimated by Cyclone Nargis this Spring Myanmar is suffering through a protracted natural disaster that the government had 50 years to prevent. 50 years.
Dog Days of Summer: Rat Poison
While there are times I wish North had more outdoor space to frolic, quite often I'm grateful for my pooch's sheltered city lifestyle. Don't get me wrong, he still takes nice long walks . .
Interspecies Lovin': A Dog, a Cat, and a Rat
Meet Gregory Pike and his motley menagerie of cutie pies, namely, Booger the dog, Kitty the cat, and Mousey the rat. He swears that they get along because they were raised together, and not through some trick of extreme discipline or drugs or mistreatment. I want to believe!
More on PetSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
Yoox
Bottega Veneta
Jon Richard