"NYC’s uptown and downtown rats don’t mix, new study found" Topic
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Tango01 | 06 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…." Main page link Northown ratas are uper classes… (smile)
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Cacique Caribe | 06 Dec 2017 12:57 p.m. PST |
Snooty rats? Lol Dan PS. I wonder which group is more welcoming of outsiders. :) |
Parzival | 06 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" |
etotheipi | 07 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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