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Rat Attack! Video Once every 48 years, bamboo forests in India go into flower, and rats descend upon them like a plague. For the first time, this phenomenon is captured on film. National Geographic/Nova special RAT ATTACK premieres on PBS, February 24th at 8pm ET/PTWelcome to the National Geographic video player.Video Sections

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- Rat Attack! - Once every 48 years, bamboo forests in India go into flower, and rats descend upon them like a plague. For the first time, this phenomenon is captured on film. National Geographic/Nova special RAT ATTACK premieres on PBS, February 24th at 8pm ET/PT
- Rat Reproduction - You can't call them lazy. Once a female rat reproduces, she could have 15,000 descendants by the end of just one year!
- Rats at Night - They seem like an easy meal for predators like owls and snakes, but with their numbers in the billions, rats are not likely to go away soon.
- Scorpion vs. Scorpion vs. Shrew - Scorpions take on other scorpions in this cannibalistic spectacle. Shrew calls winner!
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