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Pet Rat Craze

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It was bound to happen, it was completely inevitable, Pixar have started a pet rat craze in Paris, France. Breitbart.com reports how Gerald Moreau who runs a group which promotes rats as pets has said that hits to his website have risen 40% since the release of Ratatouille in France.

Children are driving the craze — seeking out soft-coated rats with floppy “Dumbo” ears like Remy, the hero of the Pixar comedy — pushing parents to seek out tips on choosing and caring for a rat.

says the article. You can read it in full here.

Since the release of Ratatouille, has it urged you to go and buy a pet rat?

Thanks goes to PixarVixen and Dash for the heads up

Last modified: October 4, 2007