Microbiologists have just made a startling discovery about NYC rats
They ruled the Big Apple during COVID-19 lockdowns, but it came with a price.
The COVID-19 pandemic, while horrible for most people, was the New York rat’s moment in the sun. With pesky foot traffic locked away in houses, followed by food crumbs galore from the move to outdoor dining, the rodents danced—in park grasses, trash alleys, and even out to the typically treacherous streets, where the risk of being flattened by a car had effectively vanished. The taste of freedom was (probably) intoxicating, and the city was quickly overrun.
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