Scientist teaches his pet RAT how to play video games

While many people think of rats as pests, the rodents are actually highly intelligent animals. Now, one rat-owner has demonstarted just how'incredibly smart' his pets are, having trained them to play video games. Viktor Toth, 30, conducted the experiment to prove that rats are great decision makers and can be just as smart as humans whilst playing the shooting game, Doom. The rodents, Carmack, Romero, and Tom, who are named after the video game's creators, were able to independently navigate themselves through a series of mazes, open doors and even shoot monsters. A rat-owner has demonstarted just how'incredibly smart' his pets are, having trained them to play video games Mr Toth placed the rats on a moving ball in front of a computer screen, allowing them to play Doom in first-person character.