America's rats are getting desperate amid coronavirus pandemic

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by kmiklas, Apr 14, 2020.

  1. kmiklas

    kmiklas

    "A restaurant all of a sudden closes now, which has happened by the thousands in not just New York City but coast to coast and around the world, and those rats that were living by that restaurant, some place nearby, and perhaps for decades having generations of rats that depended on that restaurant food, well, life is no longer working for them, and they only have a couple of choices."

    And those choices are grim. They include cannibalism, rat battles and infanticide.


    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/na...ca-s-rats-are-getting-desperate-amid-n1180611


     
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  2. Overnight

    Overnight

    The most scientific line of the decade is right here.

    "Rats are designed to smell molecules of anything that's food-related," Corrigan said...

    Yep, a creature "designed" fits the paradigm of science perfectly.

    Where the hell is my fail noise...

    Oh, here it it...



    This moron doesn't realize that rats are naturally cannibalistic. Ask any rodent control company. It is in their nature to survive. You take away a competing food source, and they will go for the closest one. If it happens to be their old buddy, so be it.
     
  3. gaussian

    gaussian

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  4. southall

    southall

    That reminds of this:

     
  5. Overnight

    Overnight

    I can NEVER watch Javier without thinking of this scene, so his other roles are kinda' ruined for me. Him and his pneumatic cow-killing thing, lol!

     
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  6. Amun Ra

    Amun Ra

    In Thailand less tourists feeding the monkeys have led them to running the streets trying to find any scrap of food they can.

     
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  7. Overnight

    Overnight

    That is a frightening scene. Soon they will not be afraid of motor vehicles, or humans.
     
  8. Nobert

    Nobert

    Danger in metro as well.


    After all, 2020, the year of the rat , by Chinese calendar.
     
    Last edited: Apr 15, 2020
  9. mlawson71

    mlawson71

    A lot of urban animals will be desperate for food while the quarantine lasts, it's inevitable.
     
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    I thought this story would be about politicians. :)
     
    #10     Apr 17, 2020