lab rat

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It also becomes two distinct character studies, building to a conclusion in which Joel is confronted with the reality of what may happen to Ellie if she becomes a lab rat.

From Los Angeles Times

"The wild rat is as different from the lab rat as the chihuahua is from the wolf," quipped Dr. Michael H. Parsons, a rodent behavior expert, urban field ecologist and visiting research scholar at Fordham University in New York.

From Salon

He said he can confidently state the wild urban rats of New York City, for example, have significantly harder lives compared to the average lab rat.

From Salon

Like a lab rat, an octopus can learn to navigate a maze.

From New York Times

Albert Wesker gazing at a lab rat Image: Netflix Despite its two time periods’ relatively close proximity to one another, Resident Evil often feels like two different shows as it shifts between its past — a The Walking Dead-style slow burn — and its grim present inspired by Paul W. S. Anderson’s Resident Evil films.

From The Verge