Yes, Gambian pouched rats are very smart. And it is kind of amusing how this is happening all of a sudden, right when the government is going ape:cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: over the giant feral snakes roaming Florida. Perhaps it's a sign that nature has ways of sorting itself out, and humans don't have to go on killing sprees just because they see one species as an invasive threat? Never know.