RatsCanDrive

The Dodo

Watch these rats immediately learn how to drive and steer tiny cars! But one of them doesn't like to obey traffic laws. We talked to Kendal and Shaun about how training strengthened their bonds with Kuzko & Kronk.

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00:00My dad surprised me on my birthday with two little cars.

00:16I was definitely skeptical that the rats would learn to drive a car at first.

00:22But they were really quick to pick it up.

00:25The middle pedal accelerates it forward, the pedal on the left turns the car to the

00:30left, and the pedal on the right turns the car to the right.

00:35They drive very similar to how a human drives.

00:38Biggest difference is that their eyesight is not good, so they really orient themselves

00:42by smell.

00:43Cusco is definitely the perfectionist with this.

00:47He will keep adjusting the turning until he is sure he is dead on.

00:55Learning how to brake.

00:57Whereas Kronk can be a bit more chaotic.

01:01Kronk will often just push the forward lever and not let go until he gets the treat.

01:08It becomes a bit of a dialogue.

01:11Our rats communicate with us in so many ways just with the time we spend with them.

01:16They definitely show us like everyday how in tune with us they can be.

01:21He loves you.

01:23The best moment is when you see it click.

01:28They do it correct by accident and you can see in their head be like, oh, oh that's it.

01:34It's fully open.

01:35They decide when to enter and exit the vehicle.

01:40They're pretty quick to run and jump in the car and want to drive.

01:46They really come to embody their names.

01:48Kronk is such a bombastic personality.

01:51He just loves cannonballing into the abyss.

01:54On the contrary, Cusco is a little more even keel.

01:57Cusco is like, I don't think so.

02:01After we got Cusco and Kronk, we became rat obsessed.

02:09I also just noticed there's a cat tree behind you.

02:12Oh, you mean the rat tree?

02:14Yes, of course.

02:16Got different toys here and the rats absolutely love this one.

02:19We have a bunch of different puzzle boxes.

02:20My dog literally has the same one.

02:22That's amazing.

02:23We've also got these big boxes of wine, which we've created mazes out of.

02:28Really excited about this.

02:29We're just creating a speed climbing wall in homage to the Olympics.

02:33Well, we'll see how that one goes.

02:35That's awesome.

02:36It's the rat's world.

02:37We just live in it.

02:40They're not with us for a long time, so we want to be sure that it's for a really good

02:45time.

02:46I developed such a unique relationship with each of them.

02:52Their personalities have really shown me how capable, affectionate and nurturing they are.

02:59I really didn't think I could care so much for a small creature like a rat.

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