Do rats jump on you?

Black rats are superior climbers and can climb any slightly roughed surface up or down. Brown rats can jump vertically more than 77cm and 120cm horizontally. At one time 11-31% of all female rats are pregnant. Patterns of movement become so engrained in rats that when they get used to moving around an obstacle, if the obstacle is removed they will continue to move around it. read more

Yes, rats can definitely jump. As to how high rats can jump: in one research study, their vertical jump was 50.5 cm (20 inches) after one week of training, and 76.0 cm (30 inches) after eleven weeks of training. The researchers were training male Sprague-Dawley rats to study the changes in their muscles. read more

Rats can easily climb up pipes and across wires that are either vertical or horizontal. They can even swim against the current in a sewer line. The Norway rat is found in North America and on many other continents. Other names associated with this rat type are brown or water rat. read more