The
smallest rats are bigger than the biggest mice. Rats are rodents
that have
front teeth made for gnawing. They carry diseases like food poisoning
and
typhus. They sometimes desroy crops and kill lambs and baby pigs. |
Rats
have slender tails and sharp claws. Rats can grow to be 5 to
12 inches long, have large or small ears, pointed snouts and
soft fur. Their fur is black, gray, brown or white. They usually
have long tails. |
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Rats eat our food, plants, and sometimes go
in a group and kill a chicken or pig.
They have 3 to 6 litters a year with 8 to
9 babies at a time.
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People get rid of them by making sure they
can't get any food or wreck their
home. They also kill rats by traps, poison, or shooting them.
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