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Urban Rodentology (SEWER RATS) with Bobby Corrigan

Jan 12, 2021

01:18:30

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Bobby Corrigan, an Urban Rodentologist, shares insights into the world of city rats. From their origin story to preferred food dialects, learn how to keep them out of your house. Discover the myth of the rat king, predator behavior, and junk food preferences of city rats. Find out humane ways to handle rat infestations and the challenges faced by rodentologists in urban environments.

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Quick takeaways

Rats exhibit intelligence and adaptability in urban settings, nesting underground and feeding on a variety of items.

The pandemic altered rat behavior in urban areas, leading to increased aggression and dispersion in search of food.

Urban rat myths often exaggerate their size and behaviors, but rats are resilient, possess unique adaptations, and adapt to regional food sources.

Deep dives

Rat Biology and Habits in Urban Environments

Rats exhibit intelligence and adaptability in urban settings. They communicate through vocal sounds, ultrasonic sounds, and pheromones. Nesting underground, they construct burrows with escape routes. Rats feed on a variety of items and show social interactions, such as grooming and fighting.

Introduction

2min

Exploring the World of City Rats and Sewer Rodents with an Urban Rodentologist

2min

Exploring Urban Rodents and Their Behavior

23min

Exploring the Intriguing Behavior of Rats and Their Communication Methods

3min

Unraveling the Myth of the Rat King

9min

Ask the Expert: Rat Questions Answered

7min

Predator Behavior and Roof Rats in Southern California

3min

City Rats' Junk Food Preferences

21min

Humane Rodent Control Methods

13min

RATS: They love pizza. They invade taquerias at midnight. They scurry. They cuddle. They outsmart. They inspire movies that inspire musicals. Proving that not just woodsy megafauna can be charismatic, rats have lives we would never suspect. Globally-lauded Urban Rodentologist Dr. Robert Corrigan, or Bobby if you like, has been studying these animals in their big-city ecosystem for decades and he is a wonder-filled joy. Learn about rats’ origin story, the difference between a rat and a mouse, where they live, their preferred “food dialects,” and how to (hopefully humanely) keep one out of your house -- or car? Might as well start to love and respect them, because we’re not-too-distantly related and one day… they may be steering the ship.

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Theme song by Nick Thorburn

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