User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-87.194.184.21-20101206164743/@comment-1399757-20110213144924

@7: I think it's just the fact that they want "more". Usually, that's what the stereotypical view of rats in literature is. They're greedy and mean. And if they're as dim as they're many-times portrayed in Redwall it should stand to reason that they would be audacious enough to go sailing around looking for unnecessary objects at the risk of their lives.