The rats carried fleas that actually caused the plague. The rats were carried throughout Europe on ships carrying trade goods.
Wild black rats.
The black plague. The plague was transferred by rats.
they were the ones that carried the fleas that had the germ which caused the black plague
no. The black death started mainly because of fleas having an interaction with rats.. starting the plague.... Here is When....
The plague ceased when the great fire of London happened and finnished the epidemic in the UK by the fire killing the rats and fleas
From fleas from infected rats.
I believe rats was the first to carry the black death, they were called the black rats and the plague was spread to humans, that's what i was told in my history lesson:)
Plague, Yersinia pestis, bubonic plague, black plague, black death, fleas, rats, middle ages.
rats infestation or spread of bubonic plague from rats.
London was a major port at the time of the Great Plague of 1665. Rats would come off of the ships visiting London and those rats carried fleas which started the Plague. The Great Fire of London the following year, killed all the rats and put an end to the Plague.
The black plague claimed millions of lives.We believe the black plague was caused by the fleas that rats carried, aided by poor sanitation.
rats died out and people survived plague and became immune to it.