Fact and Detail Quiz 1

If you were searching for man's most dangerous enemy, you would not have to travel to far-off jungles. The animal you are looking for is the rat. Rats are big trouble in many ways. First, they are big eaters. A rat may eat one-third of its own weight in 24 hours. Ifa 150 pound person ate as heavily, he would need 50 pounds of groceries each day.
On farms rats munch on corn, wheat, and other grains. They gobble vegetables and eggs. They kill baby chickens and pigs. City rats live in stores and homes. They run through the back streets at night, eating food where they can find it. Rats also destroy food by making it dirty. Our loss to rats in this country alone is close to three billion dollars a year.
The loss of human life because of rats can hardly be figured. Certainly millions of people have died from diseases spread by rats.

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