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And how could you miss a rat in a canoe for 1000 miles? In a european medieval ship I can see it happening but there's no evidence that these people built anyth
by INTPenis 11y ago
And how could you miss a rat in a canoe for 1000 miles? In a european medieval ship I can see it happening but there's no evidence that these people built anything more than tree trunk canoes.
- jvdh 11y agoThat is the point, the rats would have been introduced by the Europeans when they visited.
- azakai 11y agoNo, the quote says the original Polynesian settlers brought the rats, not the much later-arriving Europeans in larger ships.
- versteegen 11y agoThey may well have been intentionally introduced. Here in New Zealand the Maori ate polynesian rats, and have a legend about how they were brought here [1]. Who knows whether the legend is based on an intentional introduction or not, but it seems likely. 1: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/rat-maori http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/rat-maori
- markdown 11y agoDrua could be up to 30m long and could carry 200 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drua https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drua