P.A.Kelly 1988 Journal Mar.28 Since H.25 is fairly rundown I believed (cont.) that all 3 rats came to H.25 from either H.26 or arboreal H.25A. Since it was quite bright (c.0545 p.s.t.) when I finished tagging, weighing + examining everybody, I was therefore reluctant to release the juvs on their own. I placed all 3 in the same trap, both >>> attached onto a muffle (despite being 'mouthed' by ♀1182) after a few mins.. I opened the door, ♀1182 exited and entered the base of H.25 with the 2 juvs dragging along behind - still attached to her nipples. Here was yet to come; the "woodrat caravan" exited from the far side of H.25 climbed an elder bush and crossed to arb. H.25A. I was expecting one or other of the 2 >>> to fall off but ♀1182 just climbed across the 15' of interwening branches, and dragged the 160 g of offspring (74.4% of her own body weight) (215g) behind her. I've read that woodrats could do this and I've seen smaller scale examples but nothing as impressive as this. 0548 p.s.t: H.16 captured ♀1519-20. She gave birth to 3 offspring during the night. Unfortunately, she had no bedding and all 3 were close to death. ♀1519 also looked.