Hungry Rats May Become 'Aggressive' amid COVID-19 Restaurant Shutdowns, CDC Says

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Hungry Rats May Become 'Aggressive' amid COVID-19 Restaurant Shutdowns, CDC Says
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The CDC says that a decrease in food available to rodents is leading to their unusual behavior

"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," Corrigan said. "That's what happens with rats. A new 'army' of rats come in, and whichever army has the strongest rats is going to conquer that area.

“They are going to war with each other... and battling each other for the food they can find,” Corrigan added to . “But the rats that live and eat in residential blocks probably haven’t noticed a single bit of difference during the shutdown.”'Several' Students Test Positive for Coronavirus After Drive-By Graduation Event in Atlanta

"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 explained. "So these rats are fighting with one another, now the adults are killing the young in the nest and cannibalizing the pups.

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