Meet Ronin, the African giant pouched rat that has sniffed his way into the ⁠ Guinness World Record books and has helped save lives in the process.⁠ ⁠ Ronin set a new world record for the most landmines detected by a rat.⁠ ⁠ Guinness World Records gave Ronin the distinction on World Rat Day, which fell on Friday.⁠ ⁠ Tap the #linkinbio to learn more. #nbcla #rat | NBC LA

Watson the South African Pouched Rat got a wheel! We replaced the groundhogs' wheel with a newer larger one and gave Watson the old one. Enrichment in the form of toys, puzzles, hammocks, beds, dig boxes, and more is really important for the many animals in our care. If you're doing some online shopping for Black Friday today and want to help give our residents some fun and necessary items we have lots on our wishlists that we could really use. I'm also begrudgingly including the human wishlist