why do rodents such as rats and mice make a home amongst humans?
Answer Dear Alexis-Natalya Thanks for your question. Basically, mammals try and expend as little energy as possible and will prefer to live in a warm home with easy access to food. Several mammals have adapted to live near humans, with some entering houses. These mammals include bats and squirrels. Brown rats, black rats and house mice are very adaptable animals and have spread worldwide, often travelling with people and colonising new habitats, often causing great damage to native species. They have very varied diets and can feed on stored food and the leftovers of meals. This saves them the problem of using a lot of energy looking for food. Also, house mice can occupy small holes, perhaps 0.7 cm wide, which are too small for predators to enter. Rats can also adapt to living in human homes, but require larger living areas, although they can squeeze into holes 1.3 cm wide. Relatively few carnivores are able to live in human homes, so rats and mice and relatively safe from predation, ha
