ALT A clipping from an aged article. Tiny cheese, big heart: the pet rat that inspired BabyBel cheese. The famous Babybel cheese was invented by Jules Bel, a French cheesemaker, after his beloved pet rat, Baby, in 1952. Jules wanted to make a small, tasty cheese just for her. After much effort and taste-testing courtesy of his rat assistant, he created a tiny cheese wrapped in red wax and named it "Babybel." Baby loved it, and soon, people everywhere did too. This sweet story of a man and his pet rat made Babybel a beloved cheese around the world. Edit by me...

ALT A sweet light grey-brown dumbo rat lies on its back, supported by its owner. It holds a Babybel tiny cheese wheel. Snoot belongs to jamiej27 via Reddit.