How Two Rats Become 15,000 in a Year | National Geographic

rats are running amok but generally here
in India they’re not reviled the way
they can be in the United States in fact
too many in India rats are sacred 80% of
the Indian population is Hindu and in
the Hindu religion rats are believed to
be companions of the god Ganesh rats are
admired and revered for their cunning
and adaptability and it goes against the
religion of many Indians to kill them
hence how the rats reproduce as such a
ferocious rate they can’t be contained
stopped or even slowed down let’s do the
math each mother rat can have up to 12
babies in a litter she can have a litter
a month 144 babies a year her babies
will start having babies two months
after they’re born and those babies will
start having babies two months after
that
one couple just one can produce 15,000
descendants in a year so where are all
these rats going to live in burrows that
have to be dug out and expanded and
remodel constantly which is what helps
keep the rats teeth from growing too
long of course with all these tunnels
comes the accidental meeting of two
alpha males
both rats survived the scuffle which
might mean another 30,000 rats by next
year holy Road