RT @rosebride_: this is such a cool read "Yoso-tama-no-kakehashi; the first Japanese guidebook on raising rats" https://t.co/1DmAOQhynO htt…

@vermissary @Zooophagous I think that's the traditional view. Apparently all albino rats have a single origin and it cropped up within a hooded line, so maybe more colours were developed by the rat catchers! Here's the article I was looking for: https://t.co/gwXrsOj22k