How the 12 Chinese zodiac animals were chosen and put in order, and why there’s no cat
According to legend, the Jade Emperor held a race to determine how to name each year, which brought out the best, and worst, in the animals.
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A rat is not a monkey is not a human: comment on Mogil (Nature Rev. Neurosci. 10, 283–294 (2009))
So, a rat is not a monkey is not a human. Studying the behaviour of rodents is valid ethological and neurobiological work, and animal welfare is certainly important. However, it is the pain of ...