Why is one viewed as cute & charming wildlife and the other as dirty & disgusting vermin?
Good question. Rats are hated because:
- They destroy clothes, furniture, electronics and property.
- They decimate food storages and contaminate whatever is left with their urine and faeces.
- They carry diseases and other pests like fleas.
- They attract snakes and feral cats.
- They reproduce exponentially with just 2 rats capable of building a 1200+ strong rat colony within a year.
- The mental anguish a rat infestation causes a homestead is insane, you can’t even sleep. People have been known to move out.
- They result in the extermination of other species such as birds and tortoises.
- They cause house fires when they chew electric cables and create a fire hazard from nests they build and junk they accumulate.
- They lower the value of property.
- They cause the whole place to stink.
Good points regarding Panyaste…
And when we tell them that snakes play a crucial role … wanasema; ua maliza io nyoka. Without snakes … our fields will be overrun by rats in no time. Ndo bonoboste watajua hawajui …
There are tribes that eat rats. Chinese too.
Shiny eye @Motokubwa has fed the Nairobi population with rat samosas for decades .
In short, Squirrels leave us alone. Safi sana.
The biggest rodent is a capybara
From South America
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Mice have their virtue. They’re useful in labs for tests since they share 92% DNA with humans and respond in similar way to drugs genewise.
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Snakes are a godsend to farmers of tuber plants.