I wish this were just an april fools joke...

Last night, our electric heater malfunctioned and stayed on for who knows how long.

It killed 28 rat babies, 5 adult gerbils, 7 adult rats, and 3 adult ASFs. One ASF was pregnant. We lost about half of our collection.

It's a bummer, but at least we have plenty. We were able to freeze almost all of them before rigor set in. Anyway, just thought I'd share.