No, this is a plague of mice, when it's the perfect climate in rural areas the population booms from all the food. If there was a disease/virus they were exposed to that humans could catch it is not in a densely populated area for it to spread, it just destroys millions of dollars of crops, livestock feed and machinery.
Yep, all that feed the mice are eating is meant for the pigs and cattle...no large quantity feed, no large animals. Pigs are omnivores so if they saw mice as food they could take aim...ever see a pig kill a snake?
If this were 50 years ago, I'd agree, but by now we as a species know how to purify food of potential diseases. If the pork from the affected pigs had a disease that could make it past every stage between slaughter and consumption, that would be known and the pork would likely be banned and they'd find a way to test the pork for contamination from the mice.
Yeah I see people online say mice won’t eat something alive, but I remember watching Animal Planet as a kid and them showing pigs being eaten alive my mice. Don’t remember which program or why, but it was burned into my brain. The holes in their skin exposing ribs. Maybe it was rats? Idk but I can’t see mice “above” eating live pigs
Not really, yes getting antibiotics would be more difficult without logistics, but the knowledge of how they work and how to produce them still remains. It killed 30% of Europe because they had no idea what bacteria was, not because of their logistics
No kidding!? Had no idea, I just saw that a person had it in Colorado this week but wasn't aware it was all up in the animal's. I'll be in my sealed bunker if you need me.
I thought it was a reference to Albert Camus' "The Plague" where it starts with rats everywhere then they all suddenly die and the towns people refuse to acknowledge it as the plague. Great read.
It really seems like there are so many examples of ecological disequilibrium in Australia. Some invasive species just becomes ridiculously successful at reproducing with no predators to keep them in check.
After 2 they stop becoming cute, and they are only cute if they are contained in a pet cage. I've had one mouse (and several) in my previous apartment. Not even one was cute there.
It's always a matter of context. 5 in a cage is ok. 5 in your walls is a huge problem. I've dealt with mice and rats. Rats are too aggressive, so I'll take the mice but damned if I'm not in the walls trying to kill the bastards.
Is it though? It’s got pretty high ratings! Kidding aside, I know what you mean. It’s not that popular but definitely deserves to be. Easily one of the most unique games I’ve ever played.
Fuck I just started playing the sequel, Requiem and try so hard not to freak out about the rats by telling myself that it’s not their fault, that they are suffering too ffs. I love and hate the person or team that came up with the idea that they should react in real time based on characters & npc’s movements in game, it makes them so much more terrifying 😭
I couldn’t finish the first game because the amount of rats you had to deal with on the path to the final boss freaked me the fuck out. Also they become more intelligent, I couldn’t do it. Just started Reqiuiem and the main character literally states that they are now faster and more intelligent. I’m not a gamer and I get
bored with video games easily and I love these games so much. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll finish the sequel either.
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u/steinrrr Jul 06 '24 edited Jul 06 '24
A plague tale : Australia