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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNot Satire: Massive rats spotted at White House amid booming rodent infestation
December 2018:
This week, a big brown rat was spotted on the lawn outside the Presidents home. It was believed to have been flushed out of its burrow by heavy rain.
Journalists working at the White House tweeted about the sighting, with Fox News reporter John Roberts saying he noticed in my peripheral vision something moving at my left foot. He said: I assumed it was one of the ubiquitous WH squirrels. But no it was a big brown rat. CNNs Kaitlan Collins said she could attest to the rats claim. Department of Health manager Gerard Brown told the Washington Post: Water doesnt kill them or reduce them at all rats can swim for as long as a week but what it does do is make it difficult for them to find food.
He also explained how easily and quickly the rat population can surge, with one mature female Norway rat giving birth to a litter of 10 infants every month. Experts believe the problem is spiralling out of control because of the weather and the rising human population which has surpassed 700,000 in Washington DC. Mild winters have given the rats a boom in food supplies and a lack of extended periods of cold weather means the rats are breeding more than ever.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/20/massive-rats-spotted-white-house-amid-booming-rodent-infestation-8268606/
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Not Satire: Massive rats spotted at White House amid booming rodent infestation (Original Post)
ehrnst
Aug 2019
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malaise
(269,054 posts)1. Did they spot that big fat
orange one?
DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)9. He was trying to make a run for it.........
Old Adage: You know the sink is sinking when the Rats start jumping........
marble falls
(57,104 posts)2. I heard it answers to "Donnie Two Scoops".
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)3. Trump probably leaves KFC and hamberder crumbs everywhere he goes.
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)4. One more consequence of climate change.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)11. climate change
Yep. That was my first thought.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)5. Trump should put them on the payroll.
They would fit right in.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)6. No, they wouldn't
Rats are intelligent animals and take care of each other and their community.
Marcuse
(7,488 posts)8. His rats have been ducking subpoenae.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)7. obama left them there...
Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)10. DuPont Circle has a major rat problem. Really, not a joke.