New York City rats are social beasts, even have unique accent, study finds
Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new ...
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New York City Rats Have Invented Their Own Language. Seriously.
New York City rats are not your average rats. They’re sophisticated. They’re worldly. Evidently, according to new research, they are great conversationalists who love socializing, as demonstrated by their active ...
Curtis Sliwa calls for feral cat ‘colonies’ to claw back at NYC rat problem: ‘Caped crusaders at night’
They would be the Big Apple’s cat crusaders. Mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa is pitching a plan to solve New York City’s rat problem — unleashing a strike team of feral ...
NYC ninja rats: Rodents caught on video roughousing on subway platform
They know ka-rat-e. A pair of kung-fu rats channeled their inner Bruce Lee — caught on video while fighting on a Brooklyn subway platform. For nearly a minute, the Teenage ...
$300M in losses projected in California as almond farms overrun with nut-hungry rats
You may have to switch to rice milk for the next month or so. A plague of rats is causing havoc at almond farms in California, where the rodents are ...
Adams trashes $14M plan passed by ‘irresponsible’ council to provide free garbage bins to NYC homeowners
NYC homeowners might not be getting the free garbage cans the City Council promised – as legislators and Mayor Eric Adams literally fight over trash. Adams revealed this week he ...
Quirky rat whisperer takes NYC visitors on guided tours — of the city’s worst rodent hot spots: ‘They’re sort of little monsters, but also sort of … cute’
You could call it rata-tour-y. New York City has always been at war with rats, from when they jumped from ship to shore in the 18th century to the city’s ...
Coyotes are invading Long Island — partly thanks to this surprising talent and NYC rats
Coyotes are increasingly popping up on Long Island — one of the few US land territories they have yet to colonize — thanks in part to a surprising talent and ...
NYC unleashes rat death squad to gas vermin with carbon monoxide, bury them in tree-pit graves
They’re on a mission to put the city’s vermin problem to bed. The Adams administration is unleashing an $877,000 rat death squad to find the rodents, gas them to death ...
South Carolina couple allowed infant twins to be ‘eaten’ by ‘large rats’: report
A South Carolina couple allegedly allowed their infant twins to be gnawed on and bloodied by “large rats” and are now facing criminal charges, according to a report. Anderson County ...
