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Welcome back to Day 3 of this year's Humans
versus Rats competition live and exclusive.

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Time for the maze solving challenge now,

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but first let's take a look at the scores
so far.

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Rats doing well this year in the plague carrying
and incontinence rounds,

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but humans dominating in yesterday's cheese
eating contest.

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And there she is - that's Michellie, human
competitor for maze solving.

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Let's go live to the rat version of the maze now,

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an exact copy of the Trafalgar Square hedge maze

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painstakingly reconstructed in miniature

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- and that's Treacle, this year's rat competitor.

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Let's see how these two contestants stack up.

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Michellie the first human in a while to give
the rat a run for its money in the squeaking stakes.

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They're ready, start the race.

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Both contestants off to a flying start there
as they round the first corner,

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Treacle getting a little distracted

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but Michellie having to deal with slow tourists
also in the maze.

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Treacle - oh, that's a disaster! He's gone
into a dead end.

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No such problems for Michellie, she's able
to understand the challenge in front of her

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and actively solve the maze while Treacle
is just a rat.

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And he's having a bath, I can't believe this.

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- oh, he's out! He's moving on now, sniffing
his way around,

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that's not going to be helpful, all he'll
smell is duct tape.

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Michellie rounding the maze's half way point now

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as Treacle investigates yet another dead end.

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But wait - hang on - that's the right path!

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Treacle has stumbled upon the right path by
sheer luck,

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Michellie taking an incorrect route down the
side of the maze,

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that could come back to haunt her.

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Retracing her steps now, against the flow
of traffic,

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more time problems there.

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Treacle now speeding through the maze,

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he seems to be able to smell the mealworms
at the end,

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Michellie at a flat run but I don't think
it's going to save her

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and there's Treacle!

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With no time to spare Treacle has reached
the end of the maze,

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Michellie's only seconds away but that's not
going to be a consolation,

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the victor in this challenge is the rat.

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Next up, time for the poetry contest, when
our program returns.