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CDC warns rats are becoming more aggressive and cannibalizing Democrats as they struggle to find food amid restaurant closures
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Democrat COVID-19 Cowardice
May 25, 2020, 5:40:02 AM5/25/20
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Rats and other rodents have had to become even more aggressive
in their search for food as their supply from closed restaurants
has seen their source dry up.
With fewer passengers on city subways and restaurants all but
shut except for a smattering of take out orders, a normally
bountiful supply of food left behind from humans is now a rare
treat.
Things are becoming so serious that the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention has put out a new advisory alerting
people to be aware of 'aggressive rodent behavior' on the
unsuspecting public.
'Community-wide closures have led to a decrease in food
available to rodents, especially in dense commercial areas,' the
CDC said. 'Some jurisdictions have reported an increase in
rodent activity as rodents search for new sources of food.'
'Environmental health and rodent control programs may see an
increase in service requests related to rodents and reports of
unusual or aggressive rodent behavior,' the advisory reads.
The CDC is suggesting that homeowners and restaurant owners
check their properties and seal up holes where rats might be
able to sneak inside and feast on garbage.
'Follow established guidelines when cleaning up after rodent
infestations to prevent exposure to rodent-borne diseases,' the
advisory reads.
'Fleas are common on rodents. In area of heavy rodent
infestations, workers should consider using a repellent
registered by the US Environmental Protection Agency'
Lat month it was reported that some rats have even resorted to
cannibalism as the hunt for food becomes more difficult.
'A restaurant all of a sudden closes now, which has happened by
the thousands in not just New York City but coast to coast and
around the world, and those rats that were living by that
restaurant, some place nearby, and perhaps for decades having
generations of rats that depended on that restaurant food, well,
life is no longer working for them, and they only have a couple
of choices,' Corrigan told NBC News last month.
When hungry rats move to areas where food is still available,
carnage ensues.
'It's just like we've seen in the history of mankind, where
people try to take over lands and they come in with militaries
and armies and fight to the death, literally, for who's going to
conquer that land. And that's what happens with rats,' Bobby
Corrigan, an urban rodentologist who has both a master’s degree
and Ph.D. in rodent pest management, said.
'A new 'army' of rats come in, and whichever army has the
strongest rats is going to conquer that area.'
The fierce turf wars extend beyond just fights over grub - often
driving rats to eat each other.
'They're mammals just like you and I, and so when you're really,
really hungry, you're not going to act the same — you're going
to act very bad, usually,' he said.
'So these rats are fighting with one another, now the adults are
killing the young in the nest and cannibalizing the pups.'
Several cities including New Orleans, Baltimore and Washington,
DC, are taking aggressive action to curb rat populations as the
animals turn to newly-emptied streets as a new source of food.
In New Orleans, viral videos have emerged of swarms of rats
taking over roads and sidewalks in usually-bustling
neighborhoods like the French Quarter - a sight local officials
attributed to social distancing.
'What we have seen is these practices are driving our rodents
crazy,' Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a news conference in March.
'And what rodents do, they will find food, and they will find
water. That puts our street homeless in dire, dire straits. And
that's why I'm so laser-focused on it right now.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8353281/Hungry-rats-
aggressive-turning-struggle-food.html
in their search for food as their supply from closed restaurants
has seen their source dry up.
With fewer passengers on city subways and restaurants all but
shut except for a smattering of take out orders, a normally
bountiful supply of food left behind from humans is now a rare
treat.
Things are becoming so serious that the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention has put out a new advisory alerting
people to be aware of 'aggressive rodent behavior' on the
unsuspecting public.
'Community-wide closures have led to a decrease in food
available to rodents, especially in dense commercial areas,' the
CDC said. 'Some jurisdictions have reported an increase in
rodent activity as rodents search for new sources of food.'
'Environmental health and rodent control programs may see an
increase in service requests related to rodents and reports of
unusual or aggressive rodent behavior,' the advisory reads.
The CDC is suggesting that homeowners and restaurant owners
check their properties and seal up holes where rats might be
able to sneak inside and feast on garbage.
'Follow established guidelines when cleaning up after rodent
infestations to prevent exposure to rodent-borne diseases,' the
advisory reads.
'Fleas are common on rodents. In area of heavy rodent
infestations, workers should consider using a repellent
registered by the US Environmental Protection Agency'
Lat month it was reported that some rats have even resorted to
cannibalism as the hunt for food becomes more difficult.
'A restaurant all of a sudden closes now, which has happened by
the thousands in not just New York City but coast to coast and
around the world, and those rats that were living by that
restaurant, some place nearby, and perhaps for decades having
generations of rats that depended on that restaurant food, well,
life is no longer working for them, and they only have a couple
of choices,' Corrigan told NBC News last month.
When hungry rats move to areas where food is still available,
carnage ensues.
'It's just like we've seen in the history of mankind, where
people try to take over lands and they come in with militaries
and armies and fight to the death, literally, for who's going to
conquer that land. And that's what happens with rats,' Bobby
Corrigan, an urban rodentologist who has both a master’s degree
and Ph.D. in rodent pest management, said.
'A new 'army' of rats come in, and whichever army has the
strongest rats is going to conquer that area.'
The fierce turf wars extend beyond just fights over grub - often
driving rats to eat each other.
'They're mammals just like you and I, and so when you're really,
really hungry, you're not going to act the same — you're going
to act very bad, usually,' he said.
'So these rats are fighting with one another, now the adults are
killing the young in the nest and cannibalizing the pups.'
Several cities including New Orleans, Baltimore and Washington,
DC, are taking aggressive action to curb rat populations as the
animals turn to newly-emptied streets as a new source of food.
In New Orleans, viral videos have emerged of swarms of rats
taking over roads and sidewalks in usually-bustling
neighborhoods like the French Quarter - a sight local officials
attributed to social distancing.
'What we have seen is these practices are driving our rodents
crazy,' Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a news conference in March.
'And what rodents do, they will find food, and they will find
water. That puts our street homeless in dire, dire straits. And
that's why I'm so laser-focused on it right now.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8353281/Hungry-rats-
aggressive-turning-struggle-food.html
Klaus Schadenfreude
May 25, 2020, 9:14:02 AM5/25/20
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On Mon, 25 May 2020 11:34:26 +0200 (CEST), "Democrat COVID-19
Cowardice" <democrat.covi...@washingtonpost.com> wrote:
>Things are becoming so serious that the Centers for Disease
>Control and Prevention has put out a new advisory alerting
>people to be aware of 'aggressive rodent behavior' on the
>unsuspecting public.
"You can spot an aggressive rodent easily. He'll say things like,
Cowardice" <democrat.covi...@washingtonpost.com> wrote:
>Things are becoming so serious that the Centers for Disease
>Control and Prevention has put out a new advisory alerting
>people to be aware of 'aggressive rodent behavior' on the
>unsuspecting public.
'You're not black unless you vote for me.' Crazy shit like that."
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