The Mau-Tam Puzzle
Author :
Dinakarr
Blog :Figuring Things Out
Date: 6/25/2012 12:34:00 PM
Facts of the case seem fairly straightforward. Every 50 years or so a bamboo species widespread in Mizoram suddenly blooms and dies. In its wake it leaves millions of seeds which trigger a population explosion of rats. Once the rats are through with the bamboo seeds, they devour crops and empty out granaries, leading - over a period of three years - to widespread famine and death by starvation