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R.a.t.s in their millions infested trenches. There were two main types, the brown and the black rat. Both were despised but the brown rat was especially feared. Gorging themselves on human remains (grotesquely disfiguring them by eating their eyes and liver) they could grow to the size of a cat.
Men, exasperated and afraid of these rats (which would even scamper across their faces in the dark), would attempt to rid the trenches of them by various methods: gunfire, with the bayonet, and even by clubbing them to death.
It was futile however: a single rat couple could produce up to 900 offspring in a year, spreading infection and contaminating food. The rat problem remained for the duration of the war (although many veteran soldiers swore that rats sensed impending heavy enemy shellfire and consequently disappeared from view).
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∙ 16y agoI will assue you mean the trenches of a battlefield. In those trenches the rats bit people, spread disease and feasted on the corpses of the dead.
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∙ 16y agorats flocked to the trenches because they ate all the dead soldiers bodys.
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∙ 13y agobecause they spread disease, ate all the food and annoyed everyone with their Hitler impersonations
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The rats bit people and ate the flesh from the dead bodies of soldiers. The rats were fat with human flesh ..
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They were huge and bit people and hanxhs
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They spread disease.and bit people
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Rats in the trenches?
Rats are Vermin creatures, who feed of the dead bodies of people who have died in war. Dead bodies in the trenches had to be taken far away to stop the rats coming to the trenches. All the soldiers hated the rats and used to beat them with spades for entertainment.
Was there donkeys in the trenches?
No, there were no donkeys in the trenches what so ever. Only men and rats.
Where do the army stay during war today?
they stay in trenches and some day they feel like going back to their loved ones and then they die.the army live in trenches were there are rats
What did they eat in the trenches in ww1?
rats and dead bodies
What problems men faced whilst in trenches World War 1?
There were usually rats and lice in the trenches.
What are trenches in the war?
Trenches were long, narrow holes in the ground used to shelter soldiers in between the battles. These trenches were full of lice, rats and mud.
Did the rats in the trenches carry diseases?
weil's disease, plague
What animals and bugs infested the trenches?
lice and rats
What challenges do the soldiers face in the trenches?
Soldiers had to live through flooded trenches, rats running amok, dead bodies in the trenches, and gas attacks. But when the men tried to leave the trenches they were mowed down by gunfire, so you were stuck.
Where do rat or mouse lived?
in sewers in your top ceiling they can live in different places under your house,in your house, in buildings,and in war world I they had trenches to fight in and there was rats and mice in the trenches and the marines had to stay there with them for days, weeks, months, years.
What Creatures that filled in the trenches better than the soldiers in WW1?
Rats.
What was there conditions in trenches?
The trenches were Dirty, smelly, horrible places. You had other peoples corpses (dead bodies) everywhere. And there were also rats :(
