Rat Observation

Anyone looking for a new pet wants a pet that is clean, socialized and well trained. Most people don't know that these are all qualities of pet rats!

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The black rat originated in Asia in the Mongolian Empire. They were wild borrowing animals who hosted the microorganism Yersinia pestis, which was natural disease in the wild borrowing animal’s population. Humans and these animals did not cross paths until the development of roads crossing through the domain of the rats. Following the onset of the leprosy scare throughout Europe, another deadlier infection was about to change their perspective on life and the world. The Church held the most power over the monarchs and peasant people life, alike, during the leprosy endemic, but at the start of a new infection they would lose their power vary rapidly as it came to be. Just as the Church lost it power and influence different churches emerged from the plague as did other lasting societal impacts. The plague ravaged through Europe and destroyed their current way of life and inflicting societal changes that are still present today.

During times of war, it is inevitable for loss to be experienced by all. In the poems “The Black Rat” and “The Photograph” written by Iris Clayton and Peter Kocan respectively, the idea of loss is explored through an omniscient narrator recalling a soldier’s involvement in warfare. While Clayton writes of a soldier’s abrupt loss of hope and how this experience negatively affects his life, Kocan explores how the loss of a loved one affects a family sixty years later. While both poems incorporate similar techniques in imagery and narration, the time setting for each poem is different as “The Black Rat” is set in Tobruk, Libya during World War 2 and “The Photograph” is set during World War 1.

Rat infestations have swarmed throughout the world, looking for food, and spreading diseases, so of course people attempt to get rid of them. First off, they spread disease. It states in Source 1, “Around 60% of the rodents carry Weil's disease...” This quote states that the majority of all rodents, have Weil’s disease. That means that if you see a rat, it is probably infected with disease. This is incredibly dangerous for people walking the street, or someone without a home. That person who does not have a home, could get a disease very easily. The rats can carry disease and they can spread that disease, it even states in Source 4, “It was this rat which ushered in the Black Plague.” In this piece, they are speaking of Black Rats. These rats were probably one of the unlucky 60%, or it was a carrier something that was on them.

What is it like to be a barn rat? A barn rat is probably a term that you have never

The rodent problem has grown in New York City vastly in the last decade; according to Jonathan Auerbach a Columbia doctoral student in his statistical analysis on 2014 called “Does New York City Really Have as Many Rats as People”; there are approximately 2.02 million rodents in New York City and according to the Planning Department, New York’s population raised as 8,405,837 in 2013. If these reports are accurate, there is one rat for four humans in New York City. So, the problem is why New York City has so many rats and how can it decrease/eliminate the population.

The Roof rat is common to areas that have standing water as well as heavy vegetation. While they were rare in Nevada at one time, the rats are becoming a familiar occurence like this grocery store featured in November 2015. http://www.ktnv.com/news/contact-13/gross-grocers-rats-at-smiths

My topic for my research paper is Nutria Rats and what has come from them being in Louisiana. I plan to make many points throughout this essay including, how and why they ended up in Louisiana. The sources at I have accumulated over the past week to build on each other and provide me with facts and information that I was unaware of prior to doing this research. The following source will be used throughout my research paper whether it is basic knowledge or facts given from these articles.

The creation that was created in the LabTop is Rocky Rat Dissection. The illustration is Rocky the rat being dissected. The illustration is labeled with different parts: spleen, kidneys, lungs and a heart. These objects are found in Rocky’s internal organs that are important as well inside him.

1. I think the reason the older man lied to Jurgen in “The Rats Do Sleep Nights” was to convince him to rest during the night time and not worry about the rats because they are "asleep" at night too. The older man knew that Jurgen would not sleep because he worries about his brother and he probably figured if he told Jurgen that rats sleep at night, Jurgen would too. The wife most likely lies in “The Bread” because she worries about her relationship with her husband. The entire conversation between them was odd and lacked eye contact even at dinner when she offered him another ration of bread. The wife most likely lied to her husband because she wanted the relationship to seem as normal as possible. Overall, I think the lies in these stories

Finding mice in attic is a headache no homeowner wants to deal with. Not only are they a nuisance, but your home will need a thorough cleaning to get your attic back in shape.

The story that Rat Kiley tells his friends is not factual when it's described how the six Greenies were not a social animal. The Greenies would vanish and just reappear magically makes us know that the story is made up.Rat tells how Mary feels electrified by the war and is described as having eyes that glowed jungle green. Mar says she wants to swallow the whole country because she can’t get enough of it and after she disappeared, the men believed she had crossed to the other side and had become part of the land. Rat describes seeing seven silhouettes which seems to float across the surface of the earth and unreal. The silhouettes moved without moving. One by one they came up the hill, passed through the wire and drifted in a loose file across

In 1895, Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts (United States) established a population of domestic white brown rats to study the effects of diet and for other physiological studies. Over the years, rats have been used in many experimental studies, which have added to our understanding of genetics, diseases, the effects of drugs, and other topics that have provided a great benefit for the health and wellbeing of humankind. Laboratory rats have also proved valuable in psychological studies of learning and other mental processes (Barnett 2002). A 2007 study found rats to possess metacognition, a mental ability previously only found in humans and some primates.[1][2]

Rodents can be found everywhere on earth. Among the several different types of rodents, the ones that mostly prefer to live near humans, being the most numerous, are the mice and rats. They live in colonies which comprise of complex hierarchies, wherein they form deep bonds, often putting their own lives at risk to save family and friends. Their best habitats are cavities, holes inside walls, in sewer pipes, in stores where foodstuffs are kept, in the fields and in garbage dumps. As a matter of fact, they love to live anywhere food is available and is convenient for them to put up a nest. In addition, they can easily adjust to any kind of climate and even wipe out original mammals occupying the same niche.