Fancy rat the first film. Here, the protagonist befriends the rats found in his home and builds up a close relationship, only to have it end tragically. While these movies generally emphasize the popular perception of malevolence—they kill people and cats and ransack grocery stores—other wild rats who become pets are portrayed in more neutral to positive ways; the television show, "House", briefly featured "Steve McQueen", the pet rat of the titular character. In certain versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, the master and adoptive father of the turtles is Splinter, who was once the pet rat of ninja Hamato
Texas rat snake ease. They are often found around farmland, and sometimes consume fledgling chickens and eggs, which leads them to be erroneously called the chicken snake. All North American rat snake species have been suggested for reclassification to the genus "Pantherophis". A further revision of "Pantherophis obsoletus" has recommended the elimination of the various subspecies entirely, considering them all to be merely locality variations. However, the ICZN has rejected the renaming, thus "Elaphe" remains the generally accepted generic name. Texas rat snake The Texas rat snake ("Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri" ) is a subspecies of rat snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in the