Rats!
The CTA is planning to deploy birth control in its war against rats, and it's easy to see why: In just one year, up to 15,000 descendants can be traced to a single rat. Use the slider below for a visual presentation of what that growth looks like. —Luke Seemann
Week 1
Total rats: 1
 Original rat |
1 |
 Pups |
0 |
 Grandpups |
0 |
 Grand-grandpups |
0 |
 Grand-grand-grandpups |
0 |
 Grand-grand-grand-grandpups |
0 |
Note: Your rat mileage may vary. For this model we are assuming rats become fertile after 9 weeks and proceed to have litters of 11 pups every 11 weeks. Sources: National Geographic, Illinois Department of Public Health