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The heroine's a rat in Easter bunny tale
March 29, 1997
Web posted at: 11:26 p.m. EST (0426 GMT)
(CNN) -- Rats are not the most endearing creatures, but a group of abandoned rabbits has grown quite fond of one of the rodents.
This spring tale of unlikely nurturing stems from a mulch pile near Granite City, Missouri. That's where a group of young orphaned rabbits was found recently by an animal lover.
Motherly rat adopts baby bunnies
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She took them to her brother's pet shop, and Steve Cardwell put the rabbits in a cage with a female rat. The rodent's maternal instinct kicked in, and she began to feed and clean the rabbits.
Thanks to the rat's care, the prognosis for the bunnies -- at Easter, no less -- looks good.
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