Article 3QBS You dirty rat! Turns out giant gerbils were responsible for the Black Death

You dirty rat! Turns out giant gerbils were responsible for the Black Death

by
Guardian Staff
from on (#3QBS)
For years, black rats have been blamed for spreading bubonic plague, but now scientists in Norway believe it was giant gerbils

Name: Variable.

Age: Immaterial. Just keep replacing them until your child is old enough to contemplate pet-death with equanimity.

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