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" The story of rats : "
S. Anthony Barnett.
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BL
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691888
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b514077
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| Main Entry
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Barnett, S. A., (Samuel Anthony),1915-
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The story of rats : : their impact on us, and our impact on them /\ S. Anthony Barnett.
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| Publication Statement
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Crows Nest, NSW, Australia :: Allen & Unwin,, 2001.
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xiii, 202 p. :: ill. ;; 20 cm.
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1865085197
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: 9781865085197
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-195) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Tales of rats -- 2. Naming and taming -- 3. All fall down -- 4. A battle of wits -- 5. Do rats think -- 6. Are rats gluttons -- 7. All in their genes -- 8. Rat societies -- 9. Population explosions -- 10. Social life and death -- 11. Nature and human nature.
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"Are rats still a threat to our health and food? Do they think? Is it true that wild rats sometimes die, unwounded, from social stress? Can studies of rat societies tell us anything useful about our own social lives?" "Love them or loathe them, everyone has a rat story. Throughout history vast numbers of rats of many species have shared our space, our food and our diseases and they continue to do so." "Yet The Story of Rats is more than a tale about how people and rats live together. It is about science and scientists, the problems they solve and fail to solve, and the scope and imperfections of our scientific knowledge of the world. It is a book for those who love rats or fear them: for the curious, the science literate and non-literate alike."--BOOK JACKET.
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Human-animal relationships.
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Rats-- Behavior.
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Rats-- Psychology.
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Rats.
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Rats
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