The gestation time means nothing, the male NYC rat moves from one broad rat to the next. He doesn’t hang around for the birth. LOL
Many humans do the same thing, except we have to pay for their little spawns. I guess rats are better.
I know that.
It said "one pair of rats can multiply up to 200 times" in a year. I took that to mean A PAIR, i.e. the SAME male and female. Lousy writing.