Not directly, they are pretty small critters despite being tenacious.
However rats carry the black death which has been the cause of death for millions of people.
Rat bit fever is fatal in some cases.
Rabies is 100% fatal for all advance cases.
(Rats actually do not carry the plague. The fleas which are on the rats caused the black plague. Rats urine however can cause weils disease)
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∙ 15y agoAbsolutely. Our dog was the answer to our rat problem at my childhood home. We'd find carcasses all over the back yard. Some dogs were even bred for that purpose. Small dogs with short tales like Yorkies were built to hunt rodents
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∙ 10y agoBite, lick, scratch, scare, endear, etc... About the same number of things dogs can do to you. Mine rarely bite and when they do it's just a little nibble. They never try and hurt you unless you scare them or challenge them or something like that.
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∙ 12y agoWild rats can give you Leptospirosis (from their urine). If you expose your self to alot of rat urine over a long time i can increase your chances of lung cancer.
Wild rats when cornered can kill children (if they have to).
(wild & pets) can bite though your finger to the bone and can need stitching (from experience)
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∙ 11y agoThere are many documented cases of rats chewing on the faces of infants, which have resulted in some deaths. One such death was highlighted in an episode of Forensic Files. What a horrible way to die.yes it is
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∙ 12y agoOnly if they're really hungry and they're already decaying.
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∙ 10y agoYes, rat poison will kill humans. It will kill them slowly.
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∙ 11y agoRat poison could easily kill a person.
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No, rats are vertebrates. Rats have backbones.
yes and no. if u like rats and they don't bite u then rats can be trained. if u hate rats then rats can't be trained.
no rats have gills, incuding water rats
rats can not fart. answer rats canot be bad pets
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Pet rats are not domesticated wild rats, rather, they are brown rats domesticated more than 100 years ago to now be fancy rats.
Neither. Like mice and rats, they are rodents, but they are only distantly related to mice and rats.
Super rats wear capes.
no, rats do not get consequences
Rats are not hypoallergenic
no
Rats do not fly.