‘If it’s cold, they stop mating’: New York City rat population may be on the decline

Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left

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As a result of New York’s most severe winter in years, the city may see a drop from it’s estimated 3 million ratsSince arriving from Europe in the 1600s, New York City’s rats have survived hurricanes, floods, terrorist attacks, riots, fires, a pandemic (they actually thrived during that), the Dutch and Crocodile Dundee II.But as a result of New York’s most severe winter in years, when the city saw snow, then a historic deep freeze, then even more snow, the rat population might now be about to decline. For a bit. Continue reading...

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‘If it’s cold, they stop mating’: New York City rat population may be on the decline

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As a result of New York’s most severe winter in years, the city may see a drop from it’s estimated 3 million ratsSince arriving from Europe in the 1600s, New York City’s rats have survived hurricanes, floods, terrorist attacks, riots, fires, a pandemic (they actually thrived during that), the Dutch and Crocodile Dundee II.But as a result of New York’s most severe winter in years, when the city saw snow, then a historic deep freeze, then even more snow, the rat population might now be about to decline. For a bit. Continue reading...