The real cause of the Black Death

[Shelldrake]

It turns out that rats may have gotten a bad rap. The latest research suggests that epidemics of the Black Death in Europe were the result of a population explosion of plague-carrying giant gerbils in central Asia. Go figure!

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31588671

[BanzaiCat]

So it's the Russians' fault, then?

Reparation time!

[Barthheart]

So..... what's really the difference between rats and giant gerbils.....  ???

[LongBlade]

So..... what's really the difference between rats and giant gerbils.....  ???

One is from Russia and owes us reparations.