By Montserrat Arqué
06 Oct 2023, 16:34 PM EDT
An incredible video has gone viral on social networks showing the ability of a huge rat to travel in a car and “stowaway” to a wedding to which the drivers of the vehicle were heading.
A man named Kevin Coop was driving a few days ago to go to Roscoe, a town that is 2 hours from New York City, where he would attend a marriage ceremony, when in the middle of the trip he realized that with him, there was also a woman traveling with him. rat.
Immediately, Coop took out his cell phone to record the rat, where he can be seen riding on the hood of the car, walking from one side to the other.
The man stopped to try to scare it away, but quickly, the rodent entered the engine of his vehicle and then he lost sight of it.
Coop stopped to remove the rat, but the animal immediately entered the engine of his car and was lost.
“I just came upstate and brought a damn rat from Brooklyn. My God! “I don’t know where it went,” Kevin is heard exclaiming in the clip, after not knowing if the rat moved away from the car or knew how to hide very well between the cables.
How many rats are there in New York?
According to data from the New York City Rodent Inspection, in 2021 rat sightings had increased by 70%, compared to data from 2 years ago.
In that year, there were 21,500 sightings to the Big Apple’s 3-1-1 service request line between January 1 and September 30. That number increased to 18,601 calls about rat sightings from last year.
The increase in rats in New York is due to the pandemic. According to Sandy Nurse, president of the Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Committee and member of the City Council, the outdoor restaurants and terraces that opened at that time became the great attraction for these animals.
Likewise, the issue of construction causes us to see more rats in the streets, because, by lifting the earth, their homes are being destroyed.
To prevent the proliferation of these annoying animals, what the authorities ask is to be careful with garbage, particularly to avoid depositing it in cans that do not close properly. Likewise, try to keep your garden free of weeds and trim bushes that are close to the ground and repair any holes in the foundation of your home or business.
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