When Germany invaded France i heard stories of HUGE rats eaing people, fiction or not?
My prof in University was telling us rats can grow to the size of bears..he explained they will continue to gain wieght without a limit with a constant food supply. During WWI he said when Germany invaded France in trench warefare, stories of rats the size of small cars were seen. I challenged him and he wasnt moved..Please tell me is this truth or fiction and if i can find info to document this online.
Im not retarded nor do i belive my prof’s story..so the idiots replying with questions should ask..”Do i answer a question with a question?” then post it.
However he is a very respected prof and seems convinced of the history..moreover he said it wasnt documented in too many places. He said the rats evolved to deal with the large quantity of human bodies.
Much appreciated to those giving informative answers..I think i will print it and post it to his office door.:}
The mud and shelling were not the only danger to the men in the trenches. As can be imagined these insanitary places were a breeding ground for all sorts of infestations and vermin. Lice, frogs, beetles, slugs, and worst of all the rats.
The soldiers hated the rats which infested the battlefield in their tens of millions. The brown rat was considered more loathsome than the black rat. Their favourite food was human flesh, particularly the eyes and liver. Some grew as big as cats and sometimes were known to attack sleeping men. They contaminated food and spread disease, including a most infectious jaundice.
The soldiers shot, bayoneted, clubbed and poisoned them, but the rats kept coming back to their loathsome activities. One thing the soldiers did know however, was that when the rats disappeared then they could expect an imminent bombardment. Somehow the rats always sensed shell-fire a full 30 minutes before it commenced
Faith and Human Rights, Prof. Miroslav Volf
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