Facts About Rats

FACTS ABOUT RATS Rattus Rattus "The Brown Rat, Common Rat, Street Rat, Sewer Rat, Hanover Rat, Norway Rat, Brown Norway Rat, Norwegian Rat, or Wharf Rat is one of the (The Black Rat) best known and most The Black Rat (Rattus rattus) Common Rats." is a common long-tailed rodent species that originated in tropical Asia and spread through Rattus go Norvegicus the Near East in Roman times 72 Milken Rats before reaching Europe by the 1st century and spreading with Europeans 10% 8Milhen Rats (The Brown Rat) across the world. RAT POPULATION: 80Milien* * All Figures Estimated for UK Population * Je s a Rat's Life Rats have a Eifospan 1ycar Most average and alse have a TMortality 95 Morlality Rate (Due to Predators and Interspecies conffices.) BROWN RATS LIVE IN LARGE HIERARCHICAL GROUPS, EITHER IN BURROWS OR SÚBSURFACE PLACES SUCH AS SEWERS AND CELLARS THE RATS THAT ARE LOWEST IN THE SOCIAL ARE THE FIRST TO DIE WHEN FACED WITH SEVERE HUNGER ORDER IF A LARGE FRACTION OF RATS IS EXTERMINATED THE REMAINING RATS WILL INCREASE THEIR REPRODUCTION RATES WELL BEYOND THOSE OF THE OLD LEVEL BREEDING RAT PREGNANCY GESTATION PERIOD 22 DAYS IN A SUITABLE ENVIRONMENT (OVER AN 18 MONTH PERIOD) TWO MATING RATS ČẦN PRODUCE OVER 1 MILLION DESCENDANTS RATS ACHIEVE SEXUAL MATURITY IN 5 WEEKS SHORTEST GESTATION HUMAN GESTATION OPOSSUM: 12-13 ĐAYS HUMAN: 270 DAYS RATS ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH I PREGNANCY RATS CAN GIVE BIRTH: 10 TIMES ŁONGEST GESTATION ELEPHANT: 616 DAYS RATS CAN GIVE BIRTH: 24 TIMES Į RAT PREGNĂNCY (OR 22 ĐAYS) RATS & DISEASES * BROWN RATS ARE SOMETIMES MISTAKENLY THOUGHT TO BE A MAJOR RESERVOIR IN THE UK RATS ARE OF BUBONIC PLAGUE, A POSSIBLE CAUSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING: OF THE BLACK DEATH. WEIL'S DISEASE BACTERIUM TRANSMITTED HOWEVER THE RESPONSIBLE IS IN FACT BY RAT FLEAS CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS Q FEVER RAT BITE FEVER VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME Pest ControlSupplies 0800 888 6000 Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm LEADING THE WAY IN DIY PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS Data Scurces: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Brown_rat http://topics.info.com/Which-rapidly-breeding-animal-can-have-more-than-one-millien-descendants-over-18-months_1522 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/account:/information/Rattus_norveğicus.html http://www.mepes.com/critters/wild/rats.ap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalion_peried http://theophanes.hubpages.com/hub/Interesting-Facts-Abeut-Rats http://www.whattheffacts.com/rats-mouth-dropping-reproduction-speed/ http://animal.discovery.com/tv/rat-busters-nyc/top-10-rat-myths.html www.pestcontrolsupplies.co.uk II