Mice/Rodents
- Nearly 20% of the world’s food supply is consumed by rodents.
- Rodents are prime carriers for dangerous pests such as fleas, ticks, and mites. This creature carries diseases that are transmittable to humans and animals.
- Rat bites lead to diseases like rat bite fever, salmonella, the plague, trichinosis, and leptospirosis.
- A nest of mice can create 2,500 heirs in a six-month period.
- Between contamination and consumption, rats go through enough food each year to feed hundreds of millions of people.
- It only takes a hole the size of a nickel for a mouse to fit through.
- The life span of a mouse in 1-2 years. In contrast, they can produce 60 baby mice each year.
