NOVA
Season 36 Episode 12 - Rat Attack
7.0 ?
1974
Documentary
Once every 48 years, bamboo forests in parts of northeast India go into exuberant flower. Then, like clockwork, the flowering is invariably followed by a plague of black rats that appear to spring from nowhere to spread destruction and famine in their wake. For the first time on film, NOVA and National Geographic capture this rat population explosion in vivid detail and show how scientists are unraveling the connections between bamboo flowering and rat outbreaks. Ultimately, their research should help local people better cope with the next attack—due in 2056.
Episodes in Season 36
1
Arctic Dinosaurs
55 min
2
Space Shuttle Disaster
55 min
3
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
55 min
4
Hunting The Hidden Dimension
55 min
5
Alien From Earth
55 min
6
The Bible's Buried Secrets
55 min
7
Ocean Animal Emergency
55 min
8
Is There Life On Mars?
55 min
9
The Big Energy Gamble
55 min
10
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
55 min
11
The Spy Factory
55 min
12
Rat Attack
55 min
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