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Jack Black - A Rat Whisperer
Jack Black was a rat whisperer and a showman. Crowds of people would gather to watch him do his work. He got bitten all the time, and sometimes those bites made him sick. But he wasn't catching rats with his bare hands just because of showmanship or bravado. It was a big part of his business model. Competitive rat breeding became quite popular in Victorian England. And it has evolved over time into an international competitive sport.