Why rats don't deserve their dirty reputation, according to scientists - The Telegraph

It is 'extremely likely' that other animals tarred with the same brush as rats, such as pigeons, have also been judged too harshly

Few animals have a reputation as poor as rats, the harbingers of the Black Death and recipients of the unflattering moniker mans worst friend. Or, as the famed scientist and author Hans Zinsser put … [+749 chars]

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