Why the Rat Is the Most Important Animal You Hate

💰 Support the channel: YooMoney: 4100118215527015 In 1346, a ship arrived in Europe from Asia carrying rats. Over the next four years, up to half of Europe's population died. The rat changed the history of an entire continent — not intentionally. It simply lived alongside people. Today that same rat detects tuberculosis faster than any laboratory, clears minefields after wars, and saves lives in medical research. Without rats, most vaccines, antibiotics and surgical techniques of the twentieth century would not exist. In this episode — a complete breakdown of the most hated and most underrated creature on the planet. The biology of a survival machine, primate-level intelligence, altruism and laughter, the history of the Black Death, reproduction and epigenetic memory, the Rat King, HeroRATS and why they cannot be exterminated. Subscribe to the Wild World channel — new videos about animals and nature come out every week. #rats #rat #wildworld #animals #nature #interestingfacts #plague #biology #science #urbananimals #whyratsmatter #rodents #intelligence #history #ecology Music: Spirit by Alex-Productions   / alexproductionsmusic   License: Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://links.al/mU9 Music promoted by Audio Library: https://links.al/youtube