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Black rats are in no danger of extinction.

• fsniper 15y ago
  Even that, this means genocide for a species.
  • astrodust 15y ago
    Nuclear weapons couldn't kill off even half of the rats on this planet.
    • sitkack 15y ago
      Which is exactly why if we want to survive a nuclear war we need to start cross breeding with black rats and probably cockroaches.
      • theon144 15y ago
        Well that's an unpleasant mental image... However, cockroaches actually aren't any better at surviving radiation than any other species, mythbusters tried it.
        • sitkack 15y ago
          They can survive in harsher environments using less energy. Wasn't actually thinking about a rad-hard organism. Maybe throw in some flatworm, someone has to have a robust error-correcting code system built into their genetics. Granted we would have to figure out a different neuro chemistry or physiology for having human level cognition on a much smaller energy budget.