According to BBC Science it has been recently discovered that the epidemics of "The Black Death", "The Plague", or Bubonic Plague may have actually been traced to gerbils, rather than rats. The history books we have read may actually need some editing.
The bubonic plague originated in Asia, and terrorized the world for hundreds of years. The scientific explanation basically says that the weather patterns in Asia would be more ideal for giant gerbils rather than rats.
For those who are curious, the World Health Organization, reported 800 cases of the plague in 2013 which included 126 deaths.
It's pretty interesting how closely studied the plague is still studied. I do not think there has ever been a case reported in the Americas (need to check). It would not surprise me that most of these cases discovered by the WHO would be in the Indochina region.
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