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Ashley-The Gambian rats which have been dubbed “Hero rats” are geniuses since they have learned  how to detect land mines by scent. Whenever they come across metal, they stop and painstakingly meaning with great care, brush away the soil until they see what it is. The rats only respond to the scent of explosives, so scrap metal doesn’t slow them down. A minefield full of metal and a screen of 100 samples can be cleared by a rat in 20 minutes.
( I saw this video that said there’s about 15 million rats in a city and they showed rats on the subway and on the train and so something I can say about that is that it’s our fault, humans, because the video showed a bunch of trash on the side walk and in many other places. This attracts the rat which makes more mess and then humans blame it all on rats.)

Angewris-Rats can make good friends with other rats witch attracts more rats in to your home and its harder for you to find them because they will be working together. Rats destroy 48 million tons of rice per year in Asia.
In India, the amount of grain destroyed could fill a 3,000 mile  long freight train.Rats destroy 1/5 to 1/3 of hu=man food per year worldwide.
In the US, rats destroy up to 400, 000 tons of food a year with their urine and droppings.
Rats steal stuff!
Rats bite people--up to 1,000, 000 people per year--14,000 in the USA.
Rats destroy electrical and plumbing systems in buildings. Rats are vicious and aggressive creatures with strong jaw power
they carry and spread disease they spoil tons of food every year they reproduce too quickly.

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Shastelyn-Rats help us clear mine fields, in African village they use rats to find mines, and there was nothing about rats biting.The company who owns these rats even have a social platform where they post cute pictures of the rats.
They can check 100’s of samples in 20 minutes, that will take a lab technician over 4 days, because of rats APOPO was able to raise the detection rate by 45 percent. When the rat heard his/her companion in the cage it showed signs of distress showing it was worried for its pal! It showed empathy . Soon the rat tooks its time to learn how to open the door and it opened it and freed his buddy! The rats weren't trained in any way, the door was also hard to open but the rat dident give up. This passion was motivated by something internal. The next test was  to see if the rat ate the chocolate before freeing his friend ,turns out the rat freed his friend then ate the chocolate together ! He could of ate everything but shared, and this was because of sheer will no training no nothing. Rats can share better then human babies!

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1D- RATS ARE GOOD BECAUSE..

Rats are treated very wrong, I say that because you will see them in ur house and you will get grossed out. But rats are not that bad. I go with that statement because they can be like a pet to you, They will keep you company. They will eat any unnecessary food or they pick up food off you’re floor. In addition Rats are almost the same like us humans. So We should treat it like one. And also they stick with there family which is very good. Therefor I think rats are good pets.

2D- RATS ARE BAD BECAUSE...
as “too tiny to notice the wrong their doing” but rats are very aware of what they’re doing, when they bite through dams or buildings they. Know they can let it fall but they do it anyway because they “nEEd iT.” They only think about themselves and survival, when they have nowhere else to go they hop onto ships and eat their food, almost every year over 4,000 tons of food is wasted by rats leaving families starving! When they hop onto ships they also just evacuate when they sense trouble and yes the sailors/captains see this as a sign.

Rats are also bad because they have  night vision making it easy to steal food through the night and having good memory help rats get into the house.

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2D- I know you think that rats are bad because they are almost the same like us humans, but I respectfully disagree with that because  human don’t have night vision and we can’t fit in little holes neither jump off a skyscraper and land safely.

1D- I know you think that rats are bad because they endanger bird species, but who really needs birds anyway? I mean really, what do they do for us besides poop on us?

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1A- RATS ARE GOOD BECAUSE...

rats are very misunderstood, they are very similar to humans and may not believe it!
Rats love their family like humans, they nuzzle, cuddle, feed the elders, enjoy each others company and let blind rats hold onto their tail as a guide! Rats are also great company for humans too.
Rats help humans a lot, they do so much for us like eating garbage off the street, help us humans make vaccines for diseases, and help sailors figure out their boat is sinking! After all of that they get a bad reputation!
You guys might say “Well rats made 18 species of bird extinct and 40 endangered!” Thats just how life is! Their just trying to eat and us humans put many species on the endangered and extinct list, for example the wolf who's just being hunted for their fur! THEIR FUR! Humans are no better then rats when it comes to this, in fact worse!
Rats as pets are amazing  , rats are very smart and probably can be shown tricks! Rats are also affectionate so they would provide great company. Plus rats can show kids to appreciate living this more.
This is why rats are clearly superior! They are great company and love family like us and while making many species of birds extinct and endangered, us humans are no better! Rats are helpful and misunderstood, I hope I convinced you that rats are good!

2A- RATS ARE BAD BECAUSE...

They attack nesting bird which is bad because we might need nesting birds. Also, they wiped out 18 species of birds and 40 are extinct. They drank all the water and ate the food off a boat which is bad because they could've died of starvation. If you see one rat there are more to come.

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1A- I know you think that rats are bad BECAUSE they may of done many things bad like made many birds extinct and endangered and made sailors starve become parched but that doesn't matter because rats usually wont eat everything, they usually eat leftovers that are scattered around the boat that cockroach's would eat so they get rid of cockroach’s and clean up after sailors! And as I said the bird species that became extinct or endangered was because of natural causes, rats had to eat and that happens all the time! Us humans are no better anyways- we are worse! We make many species like wolves endangered or extinct and mostly because of illegal hunting or poachers trying to hunt so innocent wolves just for their fur! It still happens today, where we can make clothes out of silk we still hunt wolves in some places!

2A- I know you think that rats are good because they love family, but on the other hand rats still drink all the sailors water and food causing starvation.

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1B- RATS ARE GOOD BECAUSE..

They enjoy each other’s company and treat each other with respect. They are good indicators and help blind rats by guiding them. Since they are used as pets and provide company, they help humans by not feeling lonely or even helping humans with diseases. Rats help the community by eating the garbage from the streets which causes less pollution.

2B- RATS ARE BAD BECAUSE... Rats can tread water for three days and survive being flushed down a toilet. that mean that they bad because they could go up of the toilet and go to the bathroom and that’s ready gross. Also they could destroy an building and make fire. Another thing that if a rat died in your house, then your house is going to smell so bad like dead rats and that’s gross. Another thing is that if you eating and then if you forgot to wash your hand  they would bite you like me one time i was sleeping and then a rats came and bite my finger i was bleeding a lot. But then my finger got better. Also they could give a human an heart attack cause sometime they scares people or people are scared of them like my grandma if she see a rat she get scare she could even get a heart attack.

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1B- I know you think that rats are bad because they may cause damage at home, but that is wrong because you should buy a cage for the rat to stay in, not damage the place, and still have company. Teaching the rat new things will help them understand what is wrong or right so if you teach them well, maybe next time when you let them go around the house they’ll behave and not “damage” the house.

2B- I know you think that rats are good because they could be a pet, because it's not good to have a rat as a pet because they have really strong teeth and they are not afraid to use them on you. They also carry around diseases so if they bite you it could get infected.

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1C- RATS ARE GOOD BECAUSE...

Rats are a really cool species because they can eat random things that humans wouldn't want to- like if something is rotting in our house they could eat it and then it will be gone from our houses so we don't have to smell it and deal with it.

rats are good because they eat the trash from city and other parts of the world causing less contamination. although they may seem deadly to most people they are all similar to humans in a way. for example they enjoy company from other rats ,help their family's, find food for the rest of their pack and help

2C- RATS ARE BAD BECAUSE...
Rats are bad because they have a good memory (How is this bad) and they get used to sneaking in wall pretty fast and that gives them a better way to steal food. Also if you kick a rat from your house or flush them down the toilet they will come back because of there amazing memory and I forgot to mention that rats can stay under water for 6 days strait with is bad because like I said they have an amazing memory so they will find there way back into your house even if they are in the sewers because of there night vision. (Night vision what are you talking about) You didn't know rats can see in the dark pretty good actually and this gives the rats a huge advantage. The last reason that rat are bad is that if they jump off a sky scraper they will land on there feet and live. (What thats importable) Your wrong its posable and there bones rant all bad there bones are so flexible that they can

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1C- I know you think that rats are bad because they can sneak around, but that doesn't matter because  sometimes they sneak around to find food to feed their starving families or find shelter for their families if their home was destroyed, it's a way of survival.

2C- I know you think that rats are good because they keep company to people and are caring, but that can be dangerous because sometimes they bite and it hurts a lot.

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1E- RATS ARE GOOD BECAUSE...

Rats are good because they stick together like a pack like a normal family  and they help eachother out and they help humans by alerting them of what is happening right now and then

2E- RATS ARE BAD BECAUSE...

they Could  kill Humans with a bite and with their pee. Also they’re teeth never stop growing for they can bit even harder. As more as they eat the food from your house they get even bigger. Rats are also bad because they have really good memory that if you do something to them they will get revenge. Also rats are ugly and BIG.

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1E-  I know you think that rats are bad because they infect and kill humans, but that doesn't matter because they help humans survive, they help humans evacuate if an emergency is happening. For example, they can alert the sailors if they need to get to safety due to a leak in the ship.

2E- I know you think that rats are good because they stick together like a pack like a normal family, but that doesn't matter because they could kill humans with one bite and with their pee!