What an incredible ****-up if it's true. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31588671 Black rats may not have been to blame for numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague across Europe, a study suggests. Scientists believe repeat epidemics of the Black Death, which arrived in Europe in the mid-14th Century, instead trace back to gerbils from Asia. Prof Nils Christian Stenseth, from the University of Oslo, said: "If we're right, we'll have to rewrite that part of history." The study is in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The Black Death, which originated in Asia, arrived in Europe in 1347 and caused one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history. Over the next 400 years, epidemics broke out again and again, killing millions of people. It had been thought that black rats were responsible for allowing the plague to establish in Europe, with new outbreaks occurring when fleas jumped from infected rodents to humans.
Does not surprise me to be honest. Rats have always had a bad press but they make extremely good pets by all accounts.
I keep telling you not to believe the so called experts and authorities and governments. They only let us know what they want us to know. Maybe lemmings caused the collapse of the Twin Towers and WTC7. Who knows?
When I was in Holland we used to boil up dead hamsters with sugar and fruit then bury the mulch in the garden. I wrote a song about it called 'Tulips From Hamster Jam'.
I thought it was alright to be honest, pretty catchy, so if your song goes to the same tune, it is probably pretty good, did you ever record your one?
