Rats Getting Increasingly Desperate Amid Pandemic
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Nearly 100,000 Americans are dead, almost 40 million are unemployed, and now the Washington Post informs us that even the lowly rat is suffering amid the pandemic as shuttered restaurants mean…
“…trash bins are no longer overflowing with scrumptious leftovers hordes of rodents subsisted on.”
The ubiquitous critters have gotten aggressive to the point where the CDC is issuing guidance on keeping them at bay.
How aggressive? The Post cites instances of infanticide and cannibalism in which a “pile of rat limbs on the sidewalk was all that remained.”
In an earlier story, the Post notes that rats have been known to do extensive damage to cars by chewing wiring. The CDC recommends that you store all food and trash securely. A pest expert says:
“Some jurisdictions have reported an increase in rodent activity as rodents search for new sources of food. Deny them the opportunity, and you’ll never even know they’ve visited your property.”
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Edited via Newser.
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I’ve worked with rats in a research program, and also pets. They are as smart as a dog, and wild rats are even smarter. Since they can carry disease, especially plague, there should be no reason for open trash that feeds them. Yellowstone controls bears, so why can’t cities control rats? Providing locked garbage cans to every business and leaving open garbage cans with food laced with rat poison, and lots of traps surrounding them seems a good start. The present lockdown is a good opportunity to make this happen.
I dare say that there are a lot more rats than there are bears. But, if one has a homestead out in the wild a single bear can destroy a home and its contents in a matter of a few hours, rats and all. But being denied a steady source of food, I will still bet on the rats to survive.
If you had bet on them taking over the US government you would have hit the jackpot.
LOL! Fact!
In Bram Stoker’s Dracula the vampire’s arrival in England in the hold of a ship with no visible crew was heralded by a huge swarm of rats.
I remember it well. That version, with Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, and a few other big name actors, was the best version I’ve seen.