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Hungry rats may turn to cannibalism during the coronavirus outbreak, and it could lead to a breed of aggressive, resilient rats in the future
Rats who feed off garbage from restaurants and other establishments have lost their sources of food…
Kelly McLaughlin
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How rats are trained for TV & Movies
Rats can be trained to do a number of tricks, but it requires someone with a lot of organizational …
Chris Snyder,Kyle Desiderio
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New York reports a record 15 cases of a rare disease linked to rat urine in 2021, as vermin complaints flood in
Rats have been terrorizing New Yorkers even more than usual this year. In 2021, New York has record…
Gabrielle Paluch
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Starving rats are reportedly turning into cannibals and attacking one other as their restaurant food supply disappears
The CDC has warned that rats have become more aggressive. Reports of rats swarming deserted streets…
Tom Porter
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A New York man with terrible luck fell into a sinkhole teeming with rats and was trapped for a half hour
Leonard Shoulders, who broke several bones in the fall, said he didn't call for help because he was…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Technicians find ₹1.2 million shredded by rats in an ATM in Assam
FIS Global Business Solutions, a private security company, had deposited ₹2.948 million in the …
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What if all the rats in NYC died tomorrow?
What if all the rats in NYC or another major city died overnight? Experts explain the rodents' ecol…
Jenny McGrath
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What happens to the thousands of dead NYC rats that are being exterminated with a wildly successful new method
Matt Deodato, an exterminator in New York City whose been using carbon monoxide to kill off rats, e…
Hannah Getahun,Jenny McGrath
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I take people on rat tours in New York City – it's a little taboo but people love it
Kenny Bollwerk, aka "Rat Daddy," takes people on tours to see rats in New York City.
Alia Shoaib
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A rat exterminator who's helped successfully eliminate nearly 100% of rats in a section of NYC says people clap, cheer, and offer him free beer when he comes around
Matt Deodato uses carbon monoxide to kill rats in New York City. He said the highly effective metho…
Jenny McGrath
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NYC's rat czar says stop feeding the pigeons if you want the vermin gone
Human behavior will need to change to stop the vermin in New York City, the city's rat czar told Ne…
Paul Squire
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Having more pythons in Florida is actually increasing the rat population because they're killing the other predators, scientists warn
Burmese pythons are feasting on foxes and bobcats in Florida, leaving few predators left to contain…
Jessica Orwig
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New York has tried poison, traps, and birth control to fix its pest problem. Rat researchers say the city should focus on its people instead.
Earlier this year, New York mayor Eric Adams appointed Kathleen Corradi, a former school teacher, t…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Rats could breed too quickly for NYC's successful new extermination method to keep up
How many rats are there in NYC? The world? Unfortunately, more than before thanks to climate change…
Maiya Focht,Jenny McGrath
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I joined an 'elite squad of anti-rat activists.' It was even creepier than I expected.
I wanted a firsthand look at how New York City's war on rats was actually going. The truth was nast…
James Rodriguez
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Dead rats found on an ancient shipwreck provide clues to its voyages 1,400 years ago, says archaeologist
The rats, religious carvings made by a diverse crew of Christians and Muslims, and the ship's cargo…
Bethany Dawson
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An American tourist says Paris is the 'most infested rat place' he's ever visited, and people online agree, comparing the city to the movie 'Ratatouille'
Gray Davis posted a TikTok showing him feeding fries to rats. He said these rodents could be seen s…
Marielle Descalsota
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An app is tracking rat sightings at New York subway stations on a scale of 'none' to 'so many.' It's the stuff of nightmares.
The Transit app is allowing users to track how many rats there are at New York subway stations with…
Samantha Grindell
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NYC's new rat-killing weapon is wildly successful for now
New York City is successfully killing rats by pumping carbon monoxide into burrows, but a rat exper…