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How the lockdown is bringing more rats into the open
The lockdown is not just having an impact on humans but also rats. The loss of waste from restaurants, hotels and bars, has brought more rats into the open and homes - and some are even resorting to open warfare and cannibalism, according to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Although rats don't carry the coronavirus, they carry at least 55 other ones.
Rodentologist Robert Corrigan explains.
(Photo: A rat in a tunnel Credit: Getty Images)
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