Do rats jump on you?

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asked Dec 9, 2018 in Other-Home/Garden by kimberlyrsby (380 points)
Do rats jump on you?

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answered Dec 9, 2018 by Gracy (149,380 points)
Rats can and do sometimes Jump onto people and rats have jumped onto people while sleeping.

However most rats try to avoid people if possible especially the brown rats who prefer to move in a downwards position instead of upwards.

So brown rats are less likely to jump onto a person than other rats but black rats are the ones that tend to jump on people the most since black rats are very good climbers while brown rats although they can climb they're not as good at it.
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answered Dec 10, 2018 by lilatholmes (360 points)
I've had a black rat jump on me before when I was a kid and it scared the heck out of me.

Luckily it didn't bite me otherwise I could've gotten sick from the rat bite called rat bite fever.

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