- The first study to document interactions between feral cats and a wild rat colony finds that contrary to popular opinion, cats are not good predators of rats. The rats actively avoided the cats, and only recorded two rat kills in 79 days https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00146/full 6 comments science
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- New York's Cats Are No Match for Its Rats - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/cats-vs-rats-new-york/571414/ 77 comments
- Feral cats appear to be pathetic at controlling New York City’s rats https://www.sciencenews.org/article/feral-cats-pathetic-controlling-new-york-city-rats 60 comments
- Cats Are Surprisingly Bad at Killing Rats | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cats-are-surprisingly-ineffective-keeping-urban-rat-populations-check-180970428/ 9 comments
- New York's Cats Are No Match for Its Rats - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/cats-vs-rats-new-york/571414/?single_page=true 0 comments
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