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02680aam a2200409Mi 4500 001 0DD0844C44CB11EF8C534DE949ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240718010035 008 240717s2024 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a bl2024013274 020 $a 9781399402507 020 $a 1399402501 035 $a (OCoLC)1392045473 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d U@M $d OCLCQ $d NZCPL $d SFR $d UKRFW $d VP@ $d IEP $d OCLCO $d SILO 082 04 $a 599.352 $q OCoLC 084 $a 599.352 $b SHU 100 1 $a Shute, Joe, $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjvrfrQxWJddXFHRrtytVd 245 10 $a Stowaway $h [Book] : $b the disreputable exploits of the rat / $c Joe Shute. 264 1 $a London : $b Bloomsbury Wildlife, $c 2024. 300 $a 272 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 30.00 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Rats represent the worst of us or at least, that's what we tell ourselves. They are rapacious, over-sexed, pestilent and, on occasion, cannibalistic. But, as with all 'vermin', rats are in fact a mirror species, reflecting back to us our worst excesses. They are also a creature to which we owe a lot. Arguably no other animal has done more for the advance of human medicine than the rat. In Stowaway, Joe Shute unpicks this complex relationship between human and rat, documenting the arrival of the brown rat in the West during the expansion of global trade and how it has pushed our black rat species to the brink. Joe charts its course through history from diaries kept by soldiers in the trenches, to present day where an estimated 10 million rats are believed to live in Britain alone. As well as tracking rats in the wild and meeting experts to help unpick rat intelligence and social structures, Joe attempts to overcome his own aversion to these often reviled rodents even adopting two pet rats to better understand them. Stowaway is a tale of rat catchers, crumbling buildings and back alleys, taking the reader into a part of the natural world they normally hurry past. It is also a story of the human condition, asking why we deem some animals acceptable and condemn others to the shadows. 650 0 $a Rats. 650 0 $a Rats $x History. 650 0 $a Rats as pets. 650 0 $a Human-animal relationships. 650 0 $a Rats $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Rats $x Diseases. 650 0 $a Rats $x Control. 650 0 $a Rats as laboratory animals. 650 6 $a Rats. 941 $a 2 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240802014920.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240718010202.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0DD0844C44CB11EF8C534DE949ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search