Why do rodents constantly gnaw and chew? They have a very good reason.
Many rodents have similar tracks. But the rat leaves a sweaty trail.
Rats are clean little animals. It’s the fleas they carry with them that transmit disease.
Who controls the rat patrol? Snakes, frogs and owls keep the rat population down.
To make life better for humans, rats have donated more than just time to medical research.
Rats can live almost anywhere, and will do anything to travel to new places.
Video: Rats are as much at home in a city as they are in the wild. Inside the walls of houses or in sewers under the streets. Rats live easily with humans.
Advice: All rodents have vicious teeth. So never try to pick up a wild rat. For that matter, don’t squeeze or tease a tame one. My brother’s pet mouse latched onto my finger once, and I thought I’d never get it off!
Following this in the program is a game called Whose Tracks Are These?: If a rat left its footprints across your floor, would you recognise its tracks? Test your skill at identifying animal tracks.
What’s coming tomorrow follows that: Even when you don’t see wild animals, you can discover where they live from examining their tracks. Finding out where and how they live is the first step in a programme for protecting them.
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