Rats: Ten Things You May Not Know About Them.

The rat is the first of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. If you were born in 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984 or 1996 then you were born in the year of the rat. The Chinese zodiac has a twelve-year cycle, so the next year of the rat will be 2008. Born in these years you are said to have rat like qualities, these being honesty, generosity, creativity, ambition, resourcefulness and being quick-witted. Here are more things you may not know about rats. *In ancient Roman, the people called rats, “big mice” and mice were referred to as “little mice”. The actual translation was Mus Maximus (big mouse) or Mus minimus (little mouse). * Near the Ino-Pakistan border in India is a small town called Deshnoke, famous for its 600 year old Karni Mata Temple, also View the rest of this article