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To: one_less who wrote (3942)	11/1/2006 11:40:18 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 10087

Them rats be swimming, too :>) Fugitive rat sets distance record news.bbc.co.uk Rattus norvegicus is now a globally distributed pest (Image: NPL/Susan McMillan) The swimming ability of a rat which crossed open sea to find new territory has impressed New Zealand scientists. The rodent had been radio tagged and its movements tracked by researchers to learn more about pest species and how they invade small islands. The rat was released on the uninhabited island of Motuhoropapa but refused to be captured at the project's end. The NZ team tells Nature magazine the animal finally turned up on the nearby Otata Island - a mighty swim of 400m.