a plague rat is basically supposed to be a diseased looking toy rat..They charged way too dang much for them..I must admit the ae kinda cool looking..but at the same tme it should be llegal to charge 12$ for a freagin toy rat made out of steel wool and pipecleaner O_o and a peachpit for the head. XD! And Im glad my life story of a journal dd not bore you rofl.