Plague rat experiment - Timewatch - BBC

Suspecting that the Black Death was being spread by rat fleas, a brilliant young French doctor called Paul Louis Simond conducted an experiment to see whether a plague rat could transmit the disease to a healthy rat. Fascinating clip from the Timewatch: The Mystery of the Black Death.
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[@Jeremyramone]

that was one clever frenchman

[@theunique880]

The voice 😮‍💨

[@BatFlightThylacine]

We all hate that nasty flee~! That nasty fleeeeeeeee~!

[@TheWiggy12]

when i saw plauge i though zombies but this is worse my pet rapt is in danger

[@n3rdy11]

Not really, unless you are volunteering?
I don't like animal experiments either, but in certain cases there is no way around it, unless you want to risk human lives.
But imho all this only applies to medical research, the beauty products industry should test their crap on their own managers!

[@blizzard242]

@mediabakery Why? that's how effective medical research must be done.

[@MasterAsra]

@903harman I'd be worried too if I had a pet raptor.

[@Steampunkfox143]

wow.

[@carnivalchaotic]

@XGrellSebastian There are many other, much more effective methods of conducting testing.

[@TheWiggy12]

@903harman mabye there is a shot or somting

[@Solarcoreg]

It would have died anyway. Now it died with a purpose.

[@fcdog555]

@banvir99999 You do realize that all of the animal testing that has been done by pathologists have no only saved a large amount of people but have also save large amounts of animals right? I suspect you have studied pathology though, so your comment is no surprise.

[@Daffy711]

cool

[@matthewseneris6095]

Im scared now i have a fever now bitten by rat fleas idk if they are rat fleas or cat fleas

[@mat1873]

the plague still exists ...... wow we must be fucked lol

[@cosmiccoolgirl]

Emilie Autumn =3

[@andy-the-gardener]

obviously humans were able to spread the plague around in fleas carried on their clothing. rats also have limited dispersal ability compared to humans, who were travelling all over europe during the middle ages and certainly frommvillage to village on a daily basis. rats are largely sedentary and certainly dont roam over hundreds of miles and have the ability to leap over the channel
in light of these obvious facts, why is the rat as main vector of the plague so rarely questioned

[@iRretB]

@quakepapi
wikipidia'ng it now

[@iRretB]

can this plague transfer to humans too?

[@Pliko3]

It was the bubonic plague it killed a third of the human population on earth

[@NaveenJolster]

Yes.

[@Aloidark]

Ten years to late

[@000SaviourXXX]

@ijake93i
Then agian you need to think what kind of lives they had in there past life before they were reborn as rats. Not a very good one if they came back as street rats i believe.

[@PokePackFire]

i hate fleas!

[@fcdog555]

@banvir99999 I meant, I suspect that you have not studied pathology btw

[@iRretB]

@Nolanhod
wikipidia'ng it now

[@DeathhAngel1]

F fleas

[@zulukydd]

eww rats.

[@TheGrubification]

@fcdog555 haha! agreed

[@madundy]

@mediabakery animals don't feel pain

[@mediabakery]

i don't like animal experiments

[@Welhem5492]

But we need that