That's what I thought, but the fleas were on the rats. Either way, it's the wrong answer (apparently).
Unicorns. Okay, okay. It were the fleas lol. Not really a hard one imo, basic history subject :| The black rats died of a disease, fleas ate the rats if I remember correctly, forming a new disease which is the plague. So the fleas turned a disease into the plague which means the fleas were responsible and not the rats. The rats did their part, but didn't created it. Don't tell me I'm wrong, or else my history classes failed all this time I admit I didn't knew the sheep one. But I'm not a Christian or whatever so don't know the bible. Also, I command you to return to IRC
Nica. Wrong. It's not Rats, or Fleas, or Humans. Keep goin'. (This is proof that most of your basic subjects contain a lot of false knowledge and myths)
Nope. Well obviously bacteria had something to do with it but I'm looking specifically for an animal here. (Not Mosquitoes either.)
Apparently I voiced the question wrong so this'll help. Most people think rats were the first to get the plague etc., from fleas, and spread it. One animal started the whole thing off, it gave the plague to the fleas which in turn gave it to the rats, looking for the first animal.
That's what people actually believed back in the middle ages, which led to the slaughter of Jewish villages, sad isn't it? P.S. highlight it.
Yeah, you're right. Sorry, but it makes me mad when people make comments about the Jewish religion (no, I'm not Jewish). I misunderstood your post. Holocaust education is required in the U.S. for a reason. Anyway, let's get back on topic.
Marmots are the first *animal* to be a carrier of the virus. The virus originated within the ground, which is where marmots lived and were able to contract the virus and continue to develop it. Fleas would feed on the corpses of the marmots, and thus contracted the virus, but unlike the rodent, couldn't carry it for long periods of time. It was moved through animals via the effect it had on fleas. Fleas would feel hungry, and continue to feed on everything they could find, but would eventually eat so much they threw up the blood from the infected animal into the new animal, thus infecting the new animal, being rats, which being a part of the marmot family could carry the virus without any issues. It then spread when healthy fleas would bite the rats, contract the virus, and continue to feed on other animals and humans, thus leading to the plague.
Dem. You don't count since we went through this in IRC. ._. Meh, next question...Ehm. Who created the modern image we have of Santa Claus? (Big red suit, white beard etc.) IRC people can't answer since we've been through this too.
