Bethany Brookshire

We really hate them. We hate their success because their success feels like our failure.

We really hate them. We hate their success because their success feels like our failure.

We really hate them. We hate their success because their success feels like our failure.

There's a whole 99-page report about how we're going to do that. But we will also hear from rat lovers. Eventually, because you're feeding it, because it's a little bit lovely, you end up feeling some warmth towards it. And what you might call rat exonerators.

There's a whole 99-page report about how we're going to do that. But we will also hear from rat lovers. Eventually, because you're feeding it, because it's a little bit lovely, you end up feeling some warmth towards it. And what you might call rat exonerators.

There's a whole 99-page report about how we're going to do that. But we will also hear from rat lovers. Eventually, because you're feeding it, because it's a little bit lovely, you end up feeling some warmth towards it. And what you might call rat exonerators.

Because everybody who hates rats wants to name them after somebody they don't like.

Because everybody who hates rats wants to name them after somebody they don't like.

Because everybody who hates rats wants to name them after somebody they don't like.

So basically the name stuck because somebody was picking a fight with Norway at the time.

So basically the name stuck because somebody was picking a fight with Norway at the time.

So basically the name stuck because somebody was picking a fight with Norway at the time.

Europe was very black rat dominated until we think the 17th or 18th centuries when we began to see the brown rat. That is native to what we think of as Mongolia. Rattus norvegicus ended up getting spread into Europe. And then with colonialism, it just went everywhere else because rats and boats go together real good.

Europe was very black rat dominated until we think the 17th or 18th centuries when we began to see the brown rat. That is native to what we think of as Mongolia. Rattus norvegicus ended up getting spread into Europe. And then with colonialism, it just went everywhere else because rats and boats go together real good.

Europe was very black rat dominated until we think the 17th or 18th centuries when we began to see the brown rat. That is native to what we think of as Mongolia. Rattus norvegicus ended up getting spread into Europe. And then with colonialism, it just went everywhere else because rats and boats go together real good.

Interestingly, people have not liked rats, but they didn't necessarily consider them disgusting until about the 18th or 19th century. People didn't like them because they were a problem of the food supply, right? They would get in and they would eat your food and nobody wants that.

Interestingly, people have not liked rats, but they didn't necessarily consider them disgusting until about the 18th or 19th century. People didn't like them because they were a problem of the food supply, right? They would get in and they would eat your food and nobody wants that.

Interestingly, people have not liked rats, but they didn't necessarily consider them disgusting until about the 18th or 19th century. People didn't like them because they were a problem of the food supply, right? They would get in and they would eat your food and nobody wants that.

But they weren't considered to be disgusting in terms of they weren't considered to carry disease for a very long time. The association of rats with disease is a relatively recent one.

But they weren't considered to be disgusting in terms of they weren't considered to carry disease for a very long time. The association of rats with disease is a relatively recent one.