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Rats reprieved as giant gerbils are blamed for the Black Death
The Times of London ^ | February 24, 2015 | Valentine Low

Posted on 02/24/2015 3:05:16 PM PST by SteveH

Gerbils are cute and furry creatures. They may also, according to scientists, have been responsible for killing millions of people across Europe by spreading the plague.

Researchers now believe that gerbils from Asia, rather than native black rats, were behind the repeated outbreaks of the bubonic plague in Europe.

(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: blackdeath; blackplague; gerbils; globalwarminghoax; godsgravesglyphs; plague; ratreservoir; rats; silkroad; silkroute; yersiniapestis
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1 posted on 02/24/2015 3:05:16 PM PST by SteveH
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To: SteveH

I thought this was gonna be about the democrats.


2 posted on 02/24/2015 3:06:54 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: SteveH

I knew gerbils had to have bad kharma.


3 posted on 02/24/2015 3:08:02 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

I thought it was going to be about Richard Gere.


4 posted on 02/24/2015 3:08:30 PM PST by SteveH
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

I know I’ve been reading FR too long when I read the first two words of the headline and assumed for a second it was about the DHS funding...


5 posted on 02/24/2015 3:08:34 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: SteveH

Giant gerbils?

Does that make them Rodents of Unusual Size?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOv5ZjAOpC8


6 posted on 02/24/2015 3:10:01 PM PST by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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To: SteveH

“Size matters.” - Bawney Fwank and other turd tillers.


7 posted on 02/24/2015 3:13:14 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

“Gerbils are cute and furry creatures..”

Definitely not Democrats.


8 posted on 02/24/2015 3:14:41 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves.")
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To: SteveH

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a gerbil outside a pet store or grade school classroom.


9 posted on 02/24/2015 3:18:13 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: SteveH

I thought it was the fleas...


10 posted on 02/24/2015 3:18:20 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: SteveH

11 posted on 02/24/2015 3:20:32 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: SteveH

NOT GUILTY!!

12 posted on 02/24/2015 3:22:26 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: SteveH

Gerbils? Arabian sand rats? Mohammedan bio-weapon?


13 posted on 02/24/2015 3:27:01 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Billthedrill

Lemmiwinks!


14 posted on 02/24/2015 3:27:19 PM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: SteveH
'Propaganda from the Bolshevik press.'

--Josef Gerbils

15 posted on 02/24/2015 3:30:48 PM PST by Ken H (DILLIGAF)
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To: UCANSEE2

That’s a guinea pig!!! They are cute, too!


16 posted on 02/24/2015 3:32:02 PM PST by momtothree
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To: SteveH

Wow. A whole 4 replies before the Richard Gere reference. We’re slipping.


17 posted on 02/24/2015 3:32:04 PM PST by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: NativeSon
Lemmiwinks, meet Mr. Slave!


18 posted on 02/24/2015 3:33:58 PM PST by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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"It's a little known fact
That the plague was caused
by an infestation of Bubons.

Thus the name Bubonic Plague."



19 posted on 02/24/2015 3:34:49 PM PST by shibumi ("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
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To: SteveH

I truly doubt this. I suspect this is just speculation.

To start with, rats and mice have been with people forever, and are known for their extraordinary ability to travel, survive and procreate in the most extreme of places.


20 posted on 02/24/2015 3:36:02 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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