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Tango0106 Dec 2017 12:55 p.m. PST

"Like all big cities around the world, New York City has a serious rat problem. But for what it's worth, in some respects, rats can be a lot like people. According to a graduate student at Fordham University, most rats live very close to where they were born all their lives. What's more, the researcher found significant genetic differences between uptown and downtown rats

For the past two years, Matthew Combs has been trapping and studying brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) throughout New York City. One of his most important findings was that rats living uptown, north of 59th Street, are distinct from those living in downtown, south of 14th Street. The Midtown area is sparsely populated and mostly filled with non-residential buildings, presenting a barrier to rat genetic mixing…."
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Northown ratas are uper classes… (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Cacique Caribe06 Dec 2017 12:57 p.m. PST

Snooty rats? Lol

Dan
PS. I wonder which group is more welcoming of outsiders. :)

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP06 Dec 2017 5:40 p.m. PST

Uptown rat-
She's been sneaking through an uptown flat
Gonna eat herself some Gruyere cheese
Chew what she please…

And when she's squeakin', she's squeakin' so high-i-igh
Infests a penthouse in the sky-y-y.
Up in the sky.

Downtown brown.
I gotta scurry here down underground
I'll nibble old take out Chinese
Or stale pizza with green moldy cheese
That's what I sees…

--- 'Cause I couldn't figure out what to with "Uptown Funk"

Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP07 Dec 2017 6:31 a.m. PST

So this would be a case of human urbanization of an area increasing biodiversity …

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