So the Black Death was started by.....gerbils!

[HesterShaw]

that's what "they" think now!

There'll be a fair bit of history books having to be rewritten.

I find plague history fascinating. It must have genuinely seemed like a mass punishment from God/the end of the world.

The link has disappeared! Will search

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31588671

Found it

Can you please add the link on the thread?

Thanks. I blame the fleas.

The scientist did caveat it with "if I'm right" though.

Still appears to be fleas whether on rats or gerbils, I did smile at the 'giant gerbils' bit - did they march across Asia and Europe and invade or just send over their flea out riders?