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Rats are lovely

... and smarter than you think!

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"If the rat was not the bête noire of the Black Death;
if it poses a low risk of disease in many places, and,
where it poses a higher risk,
is a better reflection of how poorly our societies care
for the vulnerable than the real dangers of the animal itself;
if the rat is not aggressive or filthy;
if the rat is not a shadow of our worst qualities
but instead can reflect our best;
and if—perhaps most important of all—
we cannot win our cruel war against them,
then an obvious question remains.
What are we to do about rats?
The surprising answer—one that recalls Barthélemy de Chasseneuz’s
demand that the voice of rats be heard—may be this:
communicate with them."

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