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Rat TicklingTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1687, Segment 5

Sep 15, 2021 • 17m

Kids like to be tickled, adults not so much. But rats, apparently, love it. Well, lab rats, anyway. And you can even get a certificate in the art of proper rat tickling from Purdue University. Brianna Gaskill helped create that program while a professor at Purdue. She now works as an animal welfare specialist at drug company Novartis. She explains rat tickling training and standards. (Segment produced by Lynsey Call)

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