Your Rat as a Battery

Amazing use of Enzymes: your Rat as a Battery (or the invention of a ‘rattery’) D E Glucose Glucose oxidase Laccase O₂ H₂O Extracellular Fluid (A) Image of the components forming the biofuel cell: bioelectrode, perforated silicone tube, and bioelectrode wrapped in a dialysis membrane. (B) Image of our GBFC setup including both, biocanode and biocathode inserted in a silicone cylinder and sealed with silicone. (C) Photograph of the GBFC sutured in a Dacron® bag before implantation. (D) Electrical connection of the implanted GBFC in a Wistar rat; the output wires are fixed to the rat’s skull. (E) Schematic section of the enzyme reactions producing electricity, their electrical connection and the GBFC location inside the rat. Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep01516 Video: see supplementary material at end of paper

A scientific slide shows a white laboratory rat connected to a biofuel-cell setup, alongside a diagram explaining how enzymes use glucose and oxygen to generate electricity. The joke is the absurd pun “rattery,” presenting the disturbing idea of using a rat as a battery; it is shared as a reaction to bizarre science, man-made horrors, or unsettling technological experiments.

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