Wild rats generally do- they are scavengers, and depend upon scrounging out waste for their food. This includes food waste, roadkill, carrion and even human faeces- for this reason, they tend to be drawn to sewers, rubbish dumps and areas where there is a lot of organic waste deposited.
If you don't put waste food in a bin it will attract fruit flies, house flies, wasps, mice, rats, cats, stray dogs, skunks, raccoons and bears. Not all of these make good pets.
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Rats communicate in various ways, including scent marking using urine. So female rats will attract males. Also, a good home for rats will attract more rats. Many people will say that if there are rats, there are seldom mice in the same place - which is true to a point - rats will eat mice.
It can... just as if you were to train a pet rat to use a litter box, you would first place a small amount of it's feces in the the box so it can tell where it is supposed to "go". So technically, yes, rat feces can attract other rats.
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Rat urine in of itself is not toxic. It may carry diseases that are dangerous and infectious to humans. It is generally best to avoid it.
Rats are known to carry fleas.
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Human Waste Project was created in 1993.
Human Waste Project ended in 1998.
No. Human waste does not cause strep throat.