IMAGINE YOU ARE A SCIENCTIST OBSERVING RATS IN THE WILD. AS THE RATS REPRODUCE, RATS BORN WITH WHITE FUR SLOWLY BEGIN TO OUTNUMBER RATS WITH BLACK FUR. IN THREE SENTENCES, PROVIDE TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS OF WHY THE RATS WITH WHITE FUR MIGHT BE OUTNUMBERING THE RATS WITH BLACK FUR.
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One possible explanation is that rats with white fur blend in better with their environment, making them less visible to predators and increasing their chances of survival and reproduction. Another explanation could be that the gene for white fur provides some sort of advantage in terms of mating success or fertility, leading to increased population of rats with white fur. It is also possible that the geographic region where these rats are observed favors rats with white fur, perhaps due to a specific adaptive advantage in that particular environment.