In general, they didn't, any more than humans did. Bubonic Plague is deadly to rats and most rodents, just like it is to humans. However, given the very rapid breeding times of rats, bubonic plague is unable to wipe out entire rat populations. So, just as the Black Death didn't kill all humans (at least some were immune, and others recovered after infection), it doesn't kill all rats.
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
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:)
rats infestation or spread of bubonic plague from rats.
Plague, Yersinia pestis, bubonic plague, black plague, black death, fleas, rats, middle ages.
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.
The rats carried fleas that actually caused the plague. The rats were carried throughout Europe on ships carrying trade goods.
By a Flea. They got to the rats first then when the rats died the fleas came for humans causing the Black or the Bubonic Plague
The answer is bubonic plaque