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[โ€“] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 147 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No one tells you that male rats and mice find certain substrates very erotic. Like a mesh floor, or warm plexiglas. They will rub, groom, and nibble until they ejaculate while you are habituating and testing them, with certain drugs increasing the frequency of these events (morphine for example). So every once in a while I go 'I'm scrubbing rat cum off the mesh floor for money, again'.

[โ€“] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[โ€“] CluckN@lemmy.world 74 points 1 week ago

๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿ“ธ

Ah, that was me in grad school. Hell, technically I paid them for the privilege.

[โ€“] tomenzgg@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

God, I'm so glad Jon Oliver finally joined the Fediverse.

[โ€“] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You haven't known love until a rat ejaculates on your finger.

[โ€“] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Donkter@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

'I'm scrubbing rat cum off the mesh floor for money, again'.

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