Squirrels and mice are both rodents

Why is one viewed as cute & charming wildlife and the other as dirty & disgusting vermin?

Good question. Rats are hated because:

  1. They destroy clothes, furniture, electronics and property.
  2. They decimate food storages and contaminate whatever is left with their urine and faeces.
  3. They carry diseases and other pests like fleas.
  4. They attract snakes and feral cats.
  5. They reproduce exponentially with just 2 rats capable of building a 1200+ strong rat colony within a year.
  6. The mental anguish a rat infestation causes a homestead is insane, you can’t even sleep. People have been known to move out.
  7. They result in the extermination of other species such as birds and tortoises.
  8. They cause house fires when they chew electric cables and create a fire hazard from nests they build and junk they accumulate.
  9. They lower the value of property.
  10. 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.