After escaping from whaling boats 150 years ago, it quickly evolved to triple in size and switched from herbivory to eating flesh.

自150年前从捕鲸船跑出来以后，它很快就进化到三倍大小，由食草变成食肉。

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After escaping from whaling boats 150 years ago, it quickly evolved to triple in size, and switched from herbivory to eating flesh.

自150年前从捕鲸船跑出来以后，这种家鼠很快就进化到原大小的三倍，由食草变成食肉。

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It has made agreements with the captains of Eskimo whaling boats to move drilling ships out of hunting grounds during the open-water period so they can hunt Bowhead whales.

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They were first introduced to South Georgia by sealing boats in the late 18th Century and numbers were bolstered by rats arriving on whaling boats in the early 20th Century.

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Join one of the two whale watching outfits there (we chose North Sailing) for an evening whale watch aboard an old wooden fishing boat, some of which are actually repurposed whaling boats.

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