Water Rat

Water Rat(s) may refer to:

Animals

Water Rat is a common name for several unrelated semiaquatic rodents, including:

  • European Water Vole, found in north and central Europe and Russia
  • Rakali, found in Australia and New Guinea
  • Round-tailed Muskrat, found in the United States
  • Nectomys, found in South America
  • Amphinectomys savamis, found in Peru
Other
  • Water Rats (TV series), an Australian police procedural drama originally airing from 1996 to 2001 and focusing on the Sydney Water Police
  • The Grand Order of Water Rats, an entertainment industry charity based in London, England
  • The Rat zodiac sign is associated with the element of water
  • The nickname of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division
  • Ratty (water vole), a character in the novel The Wind in the Willows
  • De Walrot, Zaanstreek, a windmill moved to IJlst, Friesland in 1828
  • Monto Water Rats, a music venue in London

Famous quotes containing the words water and/or rat:

    A single monk carries his own bucket of water; two monks carry their bucket of water together; but when there are three monks, there is no water at all.
    Chinese proverb.

    A rat eats, then leaves its droppings.
    Hawaiian saying no. 85, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)