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Of Rats and Men

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Cahoun's Rats in Cockpits

Cahoun gives the rats as much food and water ing as they could possibly ever want. He often describes his environments as rogent utopias. The one thing they are missing, of course, is space. And as the populations begin to grow, this becomes increasingly problematic. Cahoun allowed the population to grow to 80 adults - which would have been uncomfortable if it were spread out evenly. But because of the way the study is designed, dominant malrats took control of entire pens,. pushing the rest into tighter, cramped spaces.

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