TIL rats in New York City are so big that cats don't bother hunting/eating them. Instead, they just choose to coexist peacefully
https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2018/10/01/urban-ecology-cats-new-york-city-rats/
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https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2018/10/01/urban-ecology-cats-new-york-city-rats/
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In the battle of cats vs. rats, the rats are winning
Any benefit of using cats to control city rats is outweighed by the threat they pose to birds and other urban wildlife, finds a study published in Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionEmma Duncan (Frontiers | Science news)