white rat

The light-haired Herzog was named “The White Rat” because of his resemblance to Yankees pitcher Bob “The White Rat” Kuzava.

“We have a new view of this phenomenon,” he said, adding that overall the new research shows that despite bottlenose dolphins being referred to as the “white rat” of cetology, there’s still a lot about these marine mammals that scientists don’t know.

“America is like a white rat with red eyes.”

Watson had the infant pet a white rat while hearing this sound, and succeeded in making him afraid of the rat and other objects resembling it: a rabbit, a fur coat, even a Santa Claus beard.

"When I was a youngster, somebody gave me a white rat as a pet," Baker said.