http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/4540696/The-cutest-small-pets-in-Britain.html
Cute – adj. 1. endearingly pretty. 2. (N. Amer. informal) clever; shrewd. This, especially the former, was what we were looking for when, two weeks ago, The Sunday Telegraph invited readers to email pictures of their small pets to contest the title The Cutest Small Pet in Britain.
And we have found our winner: he is eight months’ old, can officially be referred to as a “Dumboâ€, and has Russian blood running through his veins.
With the help of Dr Roger Mugford BSc PhD and his colleague Rosie Scott from The Animal Behaviour Centre, in Chertsey, Surrey, we can announce that Vinny, a Russian Silver rat owned by Emma Sims from Wickford in Essex, is our Cutest Small Pet in Britain. Dr Mugford described Vinny as “straight out of Beatrix Potter, beautifully sculptured ears, well-kept fingernails, a glossy coat... and a clever little varmintâ€. It is the position of the ears on his head that makes Vinny a “Dumbo†– he was a definitive winner
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