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A rat-infested home has plagued an Irvine neighborhood with rodents running around the streets for the last few weeks.

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Animal activists acknowledged New York City's growing rat problem but blamed the rodent infestation on "disgusting human behavior" and condemned plans to kill them. "I don’t think any of us want to ...

For centuries, rats have thrived in cities because of human behavior. In response, humans have blamed the rats and developed techniques for poisoning them. We research urban rat populations and ...

Aside from humans, the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus) must be the most studied organism on the planet. According to the ISI Web of Science, over 100,000 publications since the year 2000 refer to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The rice-field rat, Rattus rattoides, displayed self-anointing behavior when anal-gland secretion of a weasel, Mustela sibirica, was ...

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