The Norway rat is the common rat, genius boy. A commensal animal is any wild animal that lives in conjunction with humans. You amaze me in the lengths you will go through to make what is a false story somehow true. Again, just more right wing hoax. Again, we have propaganda trying to convey a lie, that the left wing enviromental weenies have gone nuts and want us all to be lovey dovey with rats. And again, you want to believe it so bad you incorporate it into your belief system without question. Brent Bozells' CNS "news" service, as mentioned on another thread, is a toilet. He pushes lies as truth, the man is simply a liar. If that who want you want to tell you how to think, well that explains a lot.