Posted on 03/03/2013 2:47:21 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Tehran Battles Plague of 'Mutant' Giant Rats with Army Snipers
Tehran, the capital of Iran, is battling an invasion of "genetically mutated" giant rats.
Iran has sent in sniper teams to clear Tehran's streets from the massive rodents weighting up to five kilos plaguing 26 district of the Iranian capital, the city's environmental agency said.
"They seem to have had a genetic mutation, probably as a result of radiations and the chemical used on them," Ismail Kahram, Teheran city council environment adviser and university professor Ismail Kahram told Qudsonline.ir.
"They are now bigger and look different. These are changes that normally take millions of years of evolution. They have jumped from 60 grams to five kilos, and cats are now smaller than them."
The "mutated rats" have been running rampant in the capital, as cats are scared off by their giant size and traditional poison appear to have no effect on them.
To stop them storming of restaurants' backyards and scavenging public waste containers, the council has deployed ten snipers teams armed with infra-red sighted rifles.
"We use chemical poisons to kill the rats during the day and the snipers at night, so it has become a 24/7 war," the head of the environment agency, Mohammad Hadi Heydarzadeh, said.
Rats' carcasses are burnt or buried in lime.
So far 2,205 rats have been shot dead, but the war is far to be won and the council is planning to bring the snipers team up to 40.
Don’t have time to post a pic, but reminds me of the “Sylvester the Cat” toons where Sylvester was boxing against kangaroo, which was assumed to be a giant mouse. Sylvester’s son would put a paper bag over his head because of the shame of his father getting beaten by a mouse.
The absolute funniest was when Sylvester was coached to “keep his left up”. So Sylvester charged back into the fight with his left hand raised high above his head! Too funny!!!
I used the same system in the mid 60s to get rid of the mice in my brother’s shop. Worked like a charm.
I got the idea from reading about the old sourdoughs in Alaska using the system to get rid of shrews. In their case, the shrews became bait for more shrews, since they are cannibals.
I used to love Rat Patrol!!
Thin(ned) oil of the edible variety works. They aren’t put off by the smell, and will sink instead of swim.
“The “mutated rats” have been running rampant in the capital, as cats are scared off by their giant size
Rats, rats, rats
They fought the dogs
And killed the cats.
Who ya gonna call ... ?”
The only solution is to call Mossad headquarters. Those are rats were created by the Mossad.
PS The rats Iran released photos of are clearly just juveniles. Mature ‘Mosssad Rats” (Ratus israelensis mossadus) eat cats and dogs weighing less that 50 pounds.
This data can be verified on eleventy seven in the Twelth of Never issue of the Journal of Mossad Animal Research.
I was thinking,
Who ya gonna call ... ?
The Pied Piper !
That’s what the quote is from. The overmatched cats are not without precedent. Medieval Europe ... Modern day Iran ... it’s just a question of favorable conditions.
ROUS?
What about the fire swamp?
Mark
“”We use chemical poisons to kill the rats during the day and the snipers at night...”
Okay, why are they poisoning their snipers? How can they expect to recruit more if they do that?
Good idea!
I’m jottin’ that one down, too.
That is a possum
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