2007-01-07 09:17:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Total area of the city divided by the total number of rats... but it assumes an even distribution of rats.
2007-01-07 09:21:11 · answer #1 · answered by opifan64 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its just a general guess there are that many rats in the world and as they can get into the smallest of holes it is estitmate that we are no further away than about 9 foot from a rat at any given time
2007-01-07 09:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by baldyhugsblues 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess they are measuring the land area they are talking about compared to the estimated amount of rats in that area and dividing one by the other to come up with 9 feet away.
2007-01-07 09:20:27 · answer #3 · answered by beanie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U.K. human population - approx. 60 million.
U.K. rat population - estimated at 60 million.
U.K. land area - 12.5 million hectares.
Which means that on AVERAGE, each rat and each human being gets about 10 square metres of space.
However, in the cities where humans live closer together and rat populations are higher, you each get an average of 3 square metres of personal space (or 9 feet by 9 feet...)
2007-01-07 09:45:34 · answer #4 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am from Texas so we have more space between humans and rats at any given time
2007-01-07 10:17:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The council send men out at night with tape measures!
2007-01-07 09:27:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be honest i think its all rubbish, think when your on a aeroplane your like 30,000 feet from the floor so no rat is whithin 9 feet of you as no animals are allowed in the cargo hold unless checked.
2007-01-07 21:45:37 · answer #7 · answered by Im more of a cat person 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lies damn lies and statistics, its rot and unproveable rot at that
2007-01-07 09:18:49 · answer #8 · answered by cedley1969 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋