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No_Motor_7666 t1_j1r30pr wrote

During the black death they were killed in great numbers which was unfortunate as they kept the rodent population in check. Rodents carried the nefarious fleas that caused the plague. Inadvertently they were eliminating a protective component in their households when killing their cst friends.

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[deleted] t1_j1whbwe wrote

I was gonna note that too, nice. The Egyptians saw their other uses beyond being divine.

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