Starving rats are resorting to war and cannibalism to survive coronavirus lockdown

New York Post ^ | 4/13

[nickcarraway]

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A feeding-ground lockdown is driving New York City’s infamously resilient rodents to acts of war.

“It’s just like we’ve seen in the history of mankind, where people try to take over lands . . . and fight to the death, literally, for who’s going to conquer that land,” Bobby Corrigan, a rodentologist who specializes in urban vermin, told NBC News. “A new ‘army’ of rats comes in, and whichever army has the strongest rats is going to conquer that area. When you’re really, really hungry, you’re not going to act the same — you’re going to act very bad, usually.”

More than 525,500 Americans have tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in some 20,000 casualties, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 have forced the closure of 1 in 4 small businesses across the country, the US Chamber of Commerce reported last week, with another 40 percent planning to shut down within the next two weeks.

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[Left2Right]

"My money’s on Willard. He’s got that urban vermin biz down to a science. He’s extra mean to his own kind.

We have bigger problems than old Mitt...

[nickcarraway]

So like us.

[ealgeone]

The CBS Late Night Movie during the summers....ah, yes....good times.

Kids today don't realize what good times they've missed growing up in an age of instant entertainment.

[VTenigma]

That and most entertainment these days is drek.

[Calvin Locke]

Kids today don't realize what good times they've missed growing up in an age of instant entertainment.

There was an epi of "Castle", daughter's taking care of BF's rat, and Castle makes a "Ben" reference that necessitated a "Before your time".

(I started to loathe MJ about a week after that [theme] song came out and was overplayed to death.)