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Published online 3 February 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040202-2
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Lab rats go wild in Oxfordshire
A documentary film proves that laboratory rats can still survive in the wild.
An award-winning film has created some unusual stars: lab rats. The documentary, which follows 75 lab rats after they were released into an Oxfordshire farmyard, has surprised biomedical researchers by proving that lab rats quickly recover their wild behaviour once liberated.
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