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“Rats exert roughly 150kg of biting force per square centimetre, which equates to around 2,000 p.s.i. For context, this is more powerful (relative to body weight) than a hyena, grizzly bear, bull shark or hippopotamus, and roughly 20 times the bite of a human.”
Joe Shute, Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat – A NEW SCIENTIST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
“That Christmas, the now long-closed Parisian restaurant Voisin famously advertised one of the dishes on its festive menu: ‘cat flanked by rats.’ The same menu also had elephant and kangaroo on offer as the starving city pillaged its zoos.”
Joe Shute, Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat – A NEW SCIENTIST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

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