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How come cats don't get the same disease from eating those rats?
Felines have been predators of rodents for centuries; most likely evolution and or nature has taken care of that issue. Just as there are some species of animals or insects that can eat otherwise poisonous plants or whatever and not be bothered.
Why cats no hunting for rates? I think possible to solve the problem by ecological methods.
There are tons of stray cats in my neighborhood and I've probably seen a rat once. Rats are getting smarter to avoid cats staying underground in subways or trying to get into houses. They are getting enough food by the sizes of some if them. If NYC was cleaner, the rat probelm would be solved or reduced tremendously.
There are tons of stray cats in my neighborhood and I've probably seen a rat once. Rats are getting smarter to avoid cats staying underground in subways or trying to get into houses. They are getting enough food by the sizes of some if them. If NYC was cleaner, the rat probelm would be solved or reduced tremendously.
Mother Nature in her way always seeks a balance between the hunted and hunter. Thus cats, owls, snakes, hawks and other predators of rodents will never totally eliminate. They can however keep numbers in control and or perhaps in a limited situation (such as inside a building) totally remove an infestation. However much would have to go along with sealing points of entry, hygiene and other control methods.
Rats and mice have co-existed along side felines for centuries; each knows the other's ways and thus rodents normally try to keep clear.
Read something about a test that was done to see if cats or another predator (maybe owl) could clear a barn of rats. After a period there certainly was a reduction in rat sightings. However a subsequent extermination turned up scores of rats. They simply learned to adapt and hide to avoid being caught.
Finally as again Nature plans, rodents will increase breeding when they sense predators in area. This makes sense as a species needs to respond to the potential threat of elimination. The more offspring produced the greater chances more will survive, grow to adulthood and breed.
I was surprised to hear this story. Thankfully the only place I have seen rats are on some subway tracks while waiting for a train at a couple of subway stations.
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Excerpt: Thankfully the only place I have seen rats are on some subway tracks while waiting for a train at a couple of subway stations.
Response: Step foot in N.Y.C.H.A. dawn or dusk and it will change your mind.
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