http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bl...rats-1.2969283
Rats, long believed to be the scourge that brought the Black Death to 14th-century Europe, may not be the disease-bearing scoundrels we thought they were.
Scientists have shifted blame for the medieval pandemic responsible for millions of deaths to a new furry menace: giant gerbils from Asia.
"Climate-driven outbreaks of Yersinia pestis in Asian rodent plague reservoirs are significantly associated with new waves of plague arriving into Europe through its maritime trade network with Asia," write the authors of a report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
your moms a asian rodent plague reservoir
thanks blake
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