Today, rats are often regarded as the most successful invasive species in the world. The most common species of rat scurried onto the scene roughly 1 to 3 million years ago in Asia. There, they craftily survived Earth’s most recent ice...
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- 5:32
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- Pre-K - Higher Ed
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TED-Ed
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- 2025
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- English
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