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Gerbils are small rodents that usually grow to between 6 and 12 inches long (including their tail).<\/p>\n

They were first introduced to the pet industry in 1964 but you can’t buy, import or keep a gerbil as a pet in California.<\/p>\n

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By A.Popov (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>Recently, studies show that it was the gerbil which spread the Black Death, not the black rat as originally suspected and blamed.<\/p>\n

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Gerbils are small rodents that usually grow to between 6 and 12 inches long (including their tail). They were first introduced to the pet industry in 1964 but you can’t buy, import or keep a gerbil as a pet in California. 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