This is a citation of an outside article. Gravyday is not responsible for its content. Original URL below. Rats with poisonous hairdos live surprisingly sociable private lives It’s snuggling and togetherness when the deadly, swaggering rodents have families Crested rats don’t just chew tree bark that’s poisonous enough to kill an elephant. The rabbit-sized rodents dribble and lick the toxic drool into their long rat fluff for a weaponized hairdo. Yet these dangerous rats, which scientists assumed were loners, turn out to have a close and cuddly family life. They even purr.(more)