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TheFatRat. Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner (born 1 June 1979), known professionally as TheFatRat, is a German DJ, record producer and musician. His genre is often described as "glitch-hop". [ 1] He is best known for his 2016 extended play Jackpot which reached 23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [ 2]
To do so, Tryon created an experiment that tested the proficiency of successive generations of rats in completing a maze. He initiated the experiment by exposing a genetically diverse group of rats to the maze, labeling those who made the fewest errors “bright”, and those with the most errors “dull”. Tryon then mated the “bright ...
It was the label's first sampler compilation and became the first installment in the Fat Music series, which continued until 2002 with six installments then resumed in 2010. The compilation's title is a parody of the 1982 Go! Records compilation Rat Music for Rat People.
The genus Thryonomys, also known as the cane rats or grasscutters, is a genus of rodent found throughout Africa south of the Sahara, the only members of the family Thryonomyidae. [ 1] They are eaten in some African countries and are a pest species on many crops. [ 2] The family name comes from the Greek word thryon, meaning a "rush" or "reed ...
Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. [1] The etymology of the genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek words ψάμμος ( psámmos ), meaning "sand", and μῦς ( mûs ), meaning "mouse, rat". [2] [3] The complete nuclear DNA genome of one Psamomys species, P. obesus, has been sequenced in 2017. [4] It contains the ...
The fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus) is a terrestrial mammal from the gerbil subfamily that is mostly found in North Africa and the Middle East, ranging from Mauritania to the Arabian Peninsula. [2] This species usually lives in sandy deserts, but may also be found in rocky terrain or saline marsh areas. [ 3 ]
Taxonomy. Giant pouched rats are only distantly related to the true rats, although until recently they had been placed in the same family, Muridae. [ 1] Recent molecular studies, however, place them in the family Nesomyidae, part of an ancient radiation of African and Malagasy muroids. The name "pouched rat" refers to their large cheek pouches.
The rat (sometimes referred to as a mouse) is the first of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. People born in this year are expected to possess qualities associated with rats, including creativity, intelligence, honesty, generosity, ambition, a quick temper and wastefulness.