2007-03-22 05:55:00 · 15 answers · asked by Rosy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
fleas, rats and their poo.....
2007-03-22 16:29:12 · answer #1 · answered by GabrielleC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bubonic plague was carried by the rats in their bloodstream. Accompanying parasites such as fleas then transmitted the disease from the rats to humans. Rat fecal matter may have also played a role in spreading the disease.
2007-03-22 06:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were many things, rat, fleas were not the main ones though.... it was mostly carried by people... from ships to ships.. the ships brought them from ocean to ocean.. but the plague was started by rats. here's what happened... the fleas bit the infected rat. the infected fleas bites a human. the human now has the plague like the rat and flea.
2007-03-22 06:04:39 · answer #3 · answered by ♫ αиgєℓ υи∂єя ¢σνєя ♫ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fleas that inhabited the coats of rats, originally. Once people had it they carried it as it was a highly infectious disease. Naturally the fleas also went along with the people who weren't too fussy about hygiene in those days.
2007-03-22 08:13:13 · answer #4 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fleas carried the plague, and rats carried the fleas
2007-03-22 06:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Democrats
2007-03-22 06:00:44 · answer #6 · answered by WangDangSweetPoontang 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The fleas on the rats.
2007-03-22 05:58:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People and rats, or the fleas that they carried.
2007-03-22 06:02:28 · answer #8 · answered by gothicmidnightwitch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fleas on rats from ships and caravans
2007-03-22 12:07:26 · answer #9 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mongol armies and traders who got it from rats
2007-03-22 06:06:33 · answer #10 · answered by shortcircuit_37040 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rats that had fleas on them - the flea bites infected new victims.
2007-03-22 12:11:15 · answer #11 · answered by Garrett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋