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Winter no match for Chicago rats
Unwanted guests seek warmth, food in human abodes By Charles J. Johnson and Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune
Published: March 12, 2021, 6:05am
Share: A rat scurries near the Navy Pier Flyover in Chicago on Dec. 18. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)
CHICAGO Chicagoans hoping that brutal cold and epic snowfall would wipe out the rat population in America’s “rattiest city” should know: Rats are much tougher than that.
Pest control experts told the Tribune a few more rats than normal might die this winter, but this spring we’ll still have a full crop of rattus norvegicus.
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A rat scurries near the Navy Pier Flyover in Chicago on Dec. 18, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Why winter weather is no match for rats in America’s ‘rattiest city’
CHICAGO Chicagoans hoping that brutal cold and epic snowfall would wipe out the rat population in America’s “rattiest city” should know: Rats are much tougher than that.
Pest control experts told the Tribune a few more rats than normal might die this winter, but this spring we’ll still have a full crop of rattus norvegicus.
After all, rats can survive a decade of bombardment by atomic bombs on Pacific atolls. What chance does a few extra inches of snow have?
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Chicagoans hoping that brutal cold and epic snowfall would wipe out the rat population in America’s “rattiest city” should know: Rats are much tougher than that.