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Rats first appeared in Hawaii around the 1870's with the arrival of sugar cane plantations. The rats were attracted to the sweetness of the sugar cane plants and are the source of much destruction. Most of the rats migrated to Hawaii from Polynesia with Polynesian immigrants.

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