On April 4 every year, a rather unusual holiday is celebrated – World Decorative Rat Day. The event was invented in the USA in 2003. The date of the celebration is chosen according to the day of the start of the oldest resource on the Internet, which is dedicated to rats.

Decorative rat is a full-fledged member of many families, the animal is distinguished by good mental abilities, activity, friendliness and dexterity. Rats have a strong knack for survival, the ability to dream, sympathize, and love. In addition, the animal is perfectly trainable. Decorative rats appeared in England.

World Rat Day aims to attract public attention to the decorative animal and unite rat breeders from all over the world.

• It is interesting that the human and rat genomes are 95% identical.