Rat Basketball at COSI Science Center

Visitors to COSI explore conditioning and different ways of learning, and learn about the physical traits of our resident superstars - a pair of Japanese Black Hooded rats. It all leads up to a thrilling game of one-on-one. Cheer your favorite rat on to victory!

http://www.cosi.org

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Pets & Animals

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• rat
• basketball
• live
• show
• conditioning
• science
• COSI
• center
• Columbus
• Ohio

[ravinraven718]

@Clanky159 That team was Peach and Daisy. Our rats have nerdy names, generally.

[ravinraven718]

My COSI Rat Basketball retirees, Amy and Leela, are all curled up in their igloo. They're pretty awesome pets.

[angelaringo05]

This is AMAZING! !!!!!  I love it!

[badmuthahubbard]

0:38 cheating! That must be a politician rat, running to the other guy's food trough right when he drops the ball.

[Sk8terDude3000]

@pigletrocks222 get rid of it my mouse plotted to murder me along with his "crew" he found in my house!!!!

[mzmadmike]

@myanthony1 They do steal the ball sometimes.

[juliacn100]

i have this same vidio check me out at rat basket ball [RB]

[Clanky159]

I went to see that the last time I went to Cosi in columbus! I think that one of the rats name was Daisy!

[Twiforce]

Rats are MUCH smarter than mice!

[pigletrocks222]

how did they learn that? can mice learn it because I have a pet mouse and I want it to do that