The history of the world according to rats - Max G. Levy
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Today, rats are often regarded as the most successful invasive species in the world. The most common species of rat scurried onto the scene roughly 1 to 3 million years ago in Asia. There, they craftily survived Earth’s most recent ice age, and eventually, began living around and with humans— though often at the mercy of human priorities. Max G. Levy traces the entangled history of human and rat.
Describe at least two situations in which rats are pests, and what you would consider to be ethical control measures.
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Meet The Creators
- Director Denys Spolitak
- Educator Max G. Levy
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Sound Designer Weston Fonger
- Composer Jarrett Farkas
- Produced by Gerta Xhelo, Abdallah Ewis
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Shannon Odell
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
