Thread: Buller /Tasman biggest 1080 drop in history this spring

Originally Posted by Tahr

An example:

A female rat can mate as many as 500 times with various males during a six-hour period of receptivity—a state she experiences about 15 times per year. Thus a pair of brown rats can produce as many as 2,000 descendants in a year if left to breed unchecked. (A rat matures sexually at age three to four months.)

How many times it can mate in 6hours is irrelevant. What matters is average litter size and gestation period.

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