The rat

My dad just caught a rat. I'm not sure whether it's the same one I saw galloping (it was abviously too fat to be running) across the porch. It looked a little smaller than the one I saw. I watched my dad torture it by pouring boiling water on it (my mum called it an execution). YEOUCH!!!! That's gotta hurt! I feel sorry for it now. If rats ruled the world and humans were at their mercy, I wouldn't want to be poured over with boiling water.
Was thinking about this last night before I fell asleep. "Why do babies cry at birth?"
Found the answers at Yahoo! Answers.
The best answer was:
actually most babies don't cry at birth. The doctors like to stimulate them to cry though because it helps to inflate and epand their lungs with their first tastes of air. Crying is a quick way to suck in alot of air and spread oxygen quickly throughout your body.

However, I liked this answer better:
Mostly because they get turned upside down and get given a smack on the bum, doctors do this to get them to breath and a sign that they are alive. Babies are normally given a smack to help get them to breath with their mouths. Truth is no-one has ever had the chance to ask a baby why, cause they can't talk at birth, but that is the most logical answer.