Tag: rats
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Brooklyn dog honored for being a fierce rat hunter: ‘She is like the Terminator’
[ad_1] A Brooklyn dog has taken the city’s rat problem into her own paws. Luna, a 7-year-old, 31-pound Schnauzer-mix, has caught and killed more than 200 of the rodents since early 2023. “She is like the Terminator,” said the dog’s owner, Zachary Henson, a 39-year-old cybersecurity engineer. “She just single-mindedly goes after them.” Luna may…
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This McDonald’s burger from 1995 is perfectly intact — and even rats won’t eat it
[ad_1] Old McDonald’s? McDonald’s has notably produced some seemingly decomposition-defying burgers in the past. However, none compare to a seemingly immortal quarter pounder in Australia that has never shown signs of decay despite being bought nearly three decades ago. Australian pals Casey Dean and Eduards Nits claimed that they ordered the Quarter Pounder with cheese…
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Mystery surrounding rat foot found in baby’s food revealed
[ad_1] The mystery around how a rat’s foot ended up in a toddler’s mouth has been solved. The saga began on March 22 when a horrified Kiwi mother discovered her young son was chewing on a rat’s foot. He had been served Pak’nSave garlic bread and when she alerted the company, it immediately implemented a…
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Cases of disease caused by rat urine are rising — how to stay safe
[ad_1] Watch out for this rat pack. Leptospirosis cases are on the rise, and after a health advisory was issued on Friday, New Yorkers are on high alert for the frightening disease that’s carried in rat urine. While a few cases each year are nothing to squeak about, 2023 reported 24 cases — the highest…
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Woman makes gross discovery in her underwear drawer after her dogs went ‘berserk’
[ad_1] An Australian woman was rifling through her underwear drawer when she came across an unsettling and “confronting” sight. Heading off to bed recently, Vicki, a mum from Brisbane, noticed her dogs going “berserk” in the direction of her drawers. She thought nothing of it and headed off to bed. “The next morning she woke…
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Supermarket shopper horrifies fellow customers after arriving at store with pet rats nestled on her shoulders
[ad_1] Australian shoppers have been left horrified after spotting a woman inside a supermarket with pet rats nestled on each of her shoulders. The pet owner was casually waiting in line at the checkout of a Spudshed grocery store in Ellenbrook during peak shopping time on Tuesday. Despite her nonchalant demeanor, onlookers said they were…
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Shoppers horrified after finding dead mouse at the bottom of microwave rice packet
[ad_1] A shopper has been left horrified after her daughter discovered a dead mouse at the bottom of a bag of rice. The packet of Woolworths Australian supermarket-brand microwave rice was one of five bought on January 22 and was within its use-by date. Sarah-Jayne Hayward, 46, was preparing dinner with her 25-year-old daughter Claudia,…
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NYC rat on never-ending climb up descending subway escalator sparks ‘Rocky,’ ‘Sisyphus’ jokes
[ad_1] It was a rat race to nowhere. A New York City rat is being compared to “Sisyphus” after it was spotted making a never-ending climb up a descending escalator. A clip of the rat’s futile-seeming ascent has racked up over 2.2 million views on TikTok in just two days. The clip, uploaded Wednesday ago…
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Popular overseas McDonald’s plagued by ‘rat infestation’ — and nothing is being done: staff
[ad_1] Rats running amok inside a popular McDonald’s are an “almost daily” occurrence, according to disgruntled staff, who claim nothing is being done to curtail the problem. Employees reported the outlet in Hindley Street, Adelaide, to a union but when a representative went to investigate the problem they were turned away by management. Rats are…
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5 common household items to scare away mice — and keep them away
[ad_1] No more Mr. Mice Guy. Mice are some of the dirtiest pests that can infest your home — they carry a variety of disease and organisms, which they spread by leaving behind their feces and urine. As the months get colder, mice often try to seek shelter, warmth and food inside homes. They particularly love NYC.…
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Woman sizes up NYC’s rodent problem in hilarious viral video: ‘Rats the size of Crocs’
[ad_1] Death, taxes and shoe-sized rodents — all guaranteed to come with life in New York. A Harlem resident went viral during a recent interview when she succinctly put the Big Apple’s rat problem to a scale that can be understood by all Americans. “We’ve had rats the size of Crocs just running up and…
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Rat sparks ‘Ratatouille’ chant in viral video: ‘It don’t get more NY than this’
[ad_1] The unofficial New York mascot now has its own cheerleaders. A group of New Yorkers prove that even vermin get their day in the sun after cheering on large rodent that was scurrying about in broad daylight near Washington Square Park. A clip of the hantavirus vector’s hype squad currently boasts 1.4 million views…
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Shakira rescued by crane amid rat attack, flooding while filming new video
[ad_1] ¡Ay, caramba! Latin icon Shakira revealed Wednesday that an up close and personal encounter with a rat while filming the music video for her new song “Copa Vacía” prompted a domino effect of disastrous events. In a video that was posted to her Instagram account, the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer, 46, is seen lying…
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Rat soup shuts down NYC’s popular Gammeeok restaurant
[ad_1] NYC health inspectors shut down popular Koreatown restaurant Gammeeok on Wednesday, shortly after a couple claimed in a lawsuit they found a dead rat in their takeout soup. Inspectors reported finding rat droppings, food not being held at the correct temperature, and no trained supervisor on site, among other alleged violations. “The Department of…
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NYC couple claims they found a dead rat floating in their soup
[ad_1] An NYC couple claims they found a dead rodent in soup they ordered from a popular Koreatown restaurant over the weekend, but the eatery is dismissing that allegation as “nonsense.” Eunice Lucero-Lee posted a series of photos and videos of what appears to be a dead black rat floating in the soup she said…
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NYC rats carry COVID-19: ‘Could pose a risk to humans,’ new study says
[ad_1] Maybe the rats do run this city. New York City rodents can carry the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 – and researchers fear it could be transmitted to humans, according to a new study. The new research, published Thursday in the American Society for Microbiology “mBio,” determined that the rats could be infected with the…
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Merciless monkeys beat, attempt to drown rat for stealing food: video
[ad_1] No mousetrap, no problem. Footage captures the horrifc moment vengeful monkeys beat and attempted to drown a thieving rat for stealing their food at a zoo in China. Video of their medieval justice-serving method is currently going viral online. “I guess they were not impressed at the rat stealing their food,” the anonymous videographer…
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Oh rats! Police say rodents stole marijuana stash worth $500K
[ad_1] Lord help us if they get the munchies. Colonies of rats scurried their way through Indian police warehouses, eating hundreds of kilograms worth of seized marijuana that was locked away as criminal evidence, CNN reported. Authorities estimate that over 700 kilograms of pot were potentially noshed on by the furry obstructions to justice in…
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New York is not America’s rattiest city
[ad_1] The Big Apple is not America’s No. 1 ratropolis. Despite being rife with more rodents than “Ratatouille,” New York City is not the most rat-infested city in the US. That title actually belongs to Chicago, according to a survey by extermination firm Orkin on the rattiest cities in America in 2022. The study is…
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Rats with tiny backpacks could soon save the lives of earthquake survivors
[ad_1] Reviled by most, the resourceful rat may finally have something to offer us humans. The project from APOPO, a Belgian non-profit that trains animals to save lives, is fitting rats with small specialized backpacks to help emergency crews search for survivors in the event of building collapses. According to researchers on the project, their…