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| WHILE AT A CONSTRUCTIONS SITE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AUTHOR WHEN HE WAS A 7-YEARS OLD? | HE WAS FRIGHTENED BY A RAT AND THOUGHT IT CHASED HIM. |
| WHAT IS THE GROUP OF MAMMALS THAT RATS BELONG TO CALLED WHAT? | RODENTS. |
| WHAT LATIN WORD DOES THE WORD RODENT COME FROM ? | RODERE |
| WHAT DOES RODERE MEAN IN LATIN? | TO GNAW |
| WHAT ARE THE PAIRS OF SHARP LOWER AND UPPER TEETH RODENTS HAVE FOR GNAWING THAT PROJECT FROM THE FRONT OF THE MOUTH CALLED? | INCISORS |
| WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO RODENTS IF THEY DID NOT GNAW AND THEIR TEETH CONTINUED TO GROW? | ITS JAWS WOULD LOCK TOGETHER OR THE INCISORS WOULD DRILL INTO ITS BRAIN |
| WHAT IS THE LARGEST GROUP OF MAMMALS? | RODENTS |
| HOW MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF RODENTS ARE THERE? | 1,500 |
| WHAT ANIMAL IS THE RATS NEAREST RELATIVE, BUT SMALLER | MICE |
| WHAT OTHER ANIMALS ARE RODENTS, BESIDES RATS AND MICE? | CHIPMUNKS, BEAVER, PORCUPINE, GUINEA PIG, GOPHER, PRAIRIE DOG MARMOT, LEMMING, WOODCHUCK, HAMSTER, GERBIL MUSKRAT AND SQUIRREL AND MORE |
| MOST RODENTS ARE SMALL, BUT WHAT IS THE LARGEST LIVING RODENT CALLED THAT CAN WEIGH 110 POUNDS? | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPYBARA |
| BIG RATS CAN WEIGH ______POUNDS AND BE ________INCHES | 2 POUNDS / 18 INCHES |
| OUR HUMAN ANCESTORS FIRST LIVED ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS AGO | ONE MILLION YEARS AGO |
| RODENTS HAVE BEEN ON EARTH LONGER THAN HUMANS BECAUSE ANCESTORS OF TODAY’S RODENTS LIVED TOWARD THE END OF WHAT AGE, ABOUT 65 MILLION YEARS AGO? | AGE OF REPTILES |
| RODENTS LIVED DURING THE TIME OF DINOSAURS. WHAT DOES THE WORD DINOSAUR MEAN? | “TERRIBLE LIZARD” |
| WHAT DINOSAUR WAS KNOWN AS “TYRANT KING LIZARD”? | TYRANNOSAURUS REX |
| WHAT HAPPENED THAT ALLOWED RODENTS AND OTHER MAMMALS TO TAKE OVER THE EARTH? | DINOSAURS DIED OUT |
| WHAT 3 CHALLENGES MUST EVERY ANIMAL OVERCOME TO SURVIVE? | (1) ADJUST TO ENVIRONMENT (2) FIND FOOD TO EAT (3) REPRODUCE SO ITS KIND CONTINUES TO EXIST |
| WHAT ARE RODENTS VERY SUCCESSFUL AT BEING? | SURVIVORS |
| RODENTS LIVE IN MOST ENVIRONMENTS. THE ARCTIC LEMMING LIVES UNDER THE SNOW. WHERE DOES THE FLYING SQUIRRELS LIVE? | TREETOPS OF SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLES |
| HOW DOES THE FLYING SQUIRREL GET AROUND? | THEY GLIDE, NOT FLY, BY SPREADING THEIR TOES, WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY MEMBRANES THAT SLOW THEIR DESCENT (COMING DOWN) |
| WHICH RODENT HAS MANAGED TO SURVIVE BETTER THAN ALL OTHER RODENTS? | RATS |
| WHAT TWO MAIN TYPES OF RATS ARE THERE? | NORWAY RAT (RATT-US NOR-VEG-I-CUS) & RATTUS RATTUS |
| WHERE DID THE NORWAY RAT, OR RATTUS NORVEGICUS. ORIGINATE, OR COME FROM? 10 | SIBERIA, WHICH IS A PART OF RUSSIA |
| OVER THE CENTURIS NORWAY RATS HAVE GOTEN OTHER NAMES BASED ON ITS APPEARANCE AND LIFESTYLE. THEY ARE KNOWN BY WHAT OTHER NAMES? (There are 7.) | BROWN RAT, GRAY RAT, WHARF RAT, WATER RAT, SEWER RAT, ALLEY RAT, AND HOUSE RAT |
| THE RATTUS RATTUS, THE OTHER TYPE OF RAT, CAME FROM CHINA AND IS SMALLER THAN THE NORWAY RAT AND IS KNOWN BY WHAT NAMES? (There are 3.) | BLACK RAT, SHIP RAT, ROOF RAT |
| HOW ARE RATS ABLE TO WRIGGLE THROUGH A HOLE AS NARROW AS 3/4 OF AN INCH? 10 | RATS COLLAPSE THEIR SKELETON |
| A RAT’S JAWS ARE HUNDREDS OF TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN WHAT’S JAWS? 10 | A PERSON’S OR HUMAN |
| LARGE MUSCLES ALLOW RATS TO BITE DOWN WITH A FORCE OF 7,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT OTHER ANIMAL’S BITE? 10 | A CROCODILE |
| RATS CAN GNAW THROUGH MOST THINGS, SUCH AS BONE, WOOD, IRON, CONCRETE, AND OTHER THINGS. RATS GNAW THROUGH IRON AND CONCRETE TO GET WHAT FOR THEIR BONES AND TEETH? 10 | MINERALS |
| HOW HAVE RATS CAUSED FLOODS? | THEY HAVE GNAWED THROUGH DAM WALLS |
| HOW MANY INCHES DO RATS INCISORS GROW PER YEAR? | 5 INCHES |
| RAT'S HIGH PITCHED SOUNDS CAN NOT BE HEARD BY HUMAN EARS AND ARE USED TO TELL OTHER RATS THERE IS FOOD OR DANGER. ONLY ELECTRONIC DEVICES CAN DETECT THESE SOUNDS. WHAT ANIMAL MAKES SIMILAR SOUNDS? | ELEPHANTS MAKE SIMILAR SOUNDS |
| RATS CAN “SPEAK OVER DISTANCES OF HOW MANY FEET? 11 | 40 TO 50 FEET |
| SINCE RATS ARE “NIGHTTIME CREATURES, WHY WOULD YOU SEE THEM DURING THE DAY? | BECAUSE FOOD IS SCARCE (NOT MUCH AVAILABLE) SO THEY ARE HUNGRY AND LOOKING FOR FOOD WHEN THEY ARE USUALLY SLEEP. |
| RATS DO NOT SEE WELL IN DAYLIGHT, BUT HAVE EXCELLENT NIGHT VISION. HOW MANY FEET AWAY CAN AN ADULT RAT DETECT MOTION. IN TOTAL DARKNESS? | 30 FEET AWAY |
| WHAT DOES A RAT MAINLY DEPEND ON TO FIND ITS WAY AROUND? | THE LONG WHISKERS ON ITS FACE AND FINE HAIRS IN ITS COAT ALLOW IT TO FEEL ITS WAY AROUND IN THE DARK. |
| SCIENTISTS CALL RATS “THIGMOPHILIC” (THIG-MO-FEE-LICK) ANIMALS? WHAT DOES THE TERM MEAN? | TOUCH- LOVING ( RATS DEPEND ON THEIR TOUCH TO GET AROUND.) |
| WHY DO RATS STAY IN CONTACT WITH WALLS WHILE SEARCHING FOR FOOD AND USUALLY NOT CROSS OPEN SPACES. | THEY ARE “THIGNOPHILIC” AND NEED TO USE THEIR WHISKERS AND BODY HAIRS TO GET AROUND. |
| WHAT DO RATS DEVELOP AFTER A FEW TIMES ON THE SAME “RUNWAY” OR PATH, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE VERY TWIST AND TURN AUTOMATICALLY? 11 | “MUSCLE MEMORY” |
| BECAUSE RATS HAVE A MARVELOUS SENSE OF BALANCE, THEY ARE NATURAL WHAT? | ACROBATS |
| WHAT DO RATS USE TO BALANCE THEMSELVES, MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT A TIGHTROPE WALKER USES A POLE TO BALANCE THEMSELVES? | ITS TAIL |
| ACCORDING TO RAT EXPERTS, WHY DO RATS LIKE OVERHEAD TELEPHONE WIRES? | THE WIRES RESEMBLE VINES AND PLANT STALKS |
| WHAT DO RATS USE TO KEEP ITS GRASP? | SHARP CLAWS |
| WHAT WILL A RAT EAT? | ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT EAT IT FIRST. |
| WHAT FRACTION OF ITS BODY WEIGHT CAN A RAT EAT DAILY? | 1/10 |
| HOW MANY POUNDS OF FOOD WOULD THE AVERAGE ADULT EAT DAILY IF IT ATE 1/10 OF ITS BODY WEIGHT? & HOW MANY QUARTER-POUNDER HAMBURGERS WOULD THAT EQUAL? | 16 POUNDS OR 64 QUARTER-POUNDER HAMBURGERS |
| WHAT ARE RATS FAVORITE FOODS? | GRAINS (SUCH AS WHEAT, RICE,) FRUITS, MEATS, FISH. BIRD’S EGGS ARE A SPECIAL TREAT. |
| BECAUSE OF RATS LOVE OF BIRD’S EGGS, HOW MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS HAVE RATS “WIPED OUT”? | 18 SPECIES |
| BECAUSE OF RATS LOVE OF BIRD’S EGGS, HOW MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS HAVE RATS CAUSED TO BE ON THE ENDANGERED LIST? | 40 SPECIES |
| THE ABILITY TO SURVIVE LONG JOURNEYS AND THEN SETTLE IN STRANGE PLACES, HAVE HELPED RATS TO SURVIVE. HOW DID THE “RATTUS RATTUS” RATS SPREAD FROM CHINA ABOUT 1,300 YEARS AGO? | RATTUS RATTUS CAME FROM CHINA ALONG THE “SILK ROAD” WITH CAMEL CARAVANS OF MERCHANTS (SELLERS OF GOODS) WHO WENT TO “CRIMEA (CRY-MEE-AUH) A PART OF RUSSIA NEAR THE BLACK SEA. FROM THEIR SHIPS TOOK THE GOODS TO EUROPE. ( OF COURSE, THE RATS WERE PACKED AWAY WITH THE GOODS AND THE PEOPLE’S LUGGAGE. |
| WHEN DO WE THINK RATS FIRST ”SCURRIED ABOARD A SHIP”? | 3,000 YEAR AGO WHEN OUR ANCESTORS FIRST BUILT AND SAILED SHIPS |
| THE PRESENCE OF RATS GIVES WHO A SENSE OF SECURITY-THAT EVERYTHING IS “NORMAL”? | SAILORS |
| WHAT 2 THINGS ARE A SURE SIGN OF TROUBLE FOR SAILORS ON A BOAT? | RAT SWARMING ON DECK OR LEAPING OVERBOARD |
| WHAT WOULD SAILORS SHOUT WHEN THEY SAW RATS SWARMING ON DECK OR LEAPING OVERBOARD? | “LOWER THE LIFEBOATS!” |
| WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY THAT PEOPLE FLEEING DANGER IN PANIC ARE LIKE? | “LIKE RATS LEAVING A SINKING SHIP” |
| OH RATS PART 2 IS A TYPED SHEET. | OH RATS PART 2 IS A SHEET |
