Rats!

[techs]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/nyregion/16rats.html?src=me&ref=nyregion

But befitting a creature that has evaded annihilation for centuries, officials found no obvious solutions: poison packets and traps have proved no match for an agile mammal known to be diabolically clever.

“They jump two feet from a running start; they can fall 40 feet onto a concrete slab and keep running,” said Solomon Peeples, 86, a former director of the city’s Bureau of Pest Control Services. “We’re no match for them, as far as I’m concerned. Man does not stand a chance.”



I, for one, welcome our new rodent overlords.

 

[moshquerade]

 

[Aharami]

NYC needs the pied piper

 

[Crono]

Curses!

Anyway, the key to killing them is to have them line up in a row and then get a robot armed with lasers to shoot them in one shot.

We should enlist some mad scientists to make this happen.

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

Ratatouille has shown me that they are quite exquisite cooks as well.

 

[geno]

Rats off to ya!!

 

[Gibson486]

All cities have this problem....

Boston has improved, though. 7 years ago, you would just walk off the Arlington T stop only to see a rat just staring at you from the steps. These rats were f'n huge too.

 

[D1gger]

http://www.thailandmagic.com/Eating-Rats-in-Thailand.html

More food for the homeless shelters.

 

[Jeff7]

http://www.thailandmagic.com/Eating-Rats-in-Thailand.html

More food for the homeless shelters.

And they're raised free-range, on a diet of food which was redirected from disposal in a landfill.

 

[El Guaraguao]

2 words.

Flame. Throwers.

 

[DrPizza]

That's why we need more feral cats.

 

[daw123]

That's why we need more feral cats.

I can see a problem with this.

Problem: Rat infestation
Solution: Introduce more feral cats to kill the rats
Problem: Rats are killed off, but now we have too many feral cats
Solution: More stray dogs required to kill off the feral cats
Problem: Too many stray dogs, but the feral cat and rat populations have been reduced.
Solution: Introduce bears to the kill the dogs
Problem: Dog, cat and rat populations controlled, but now too many bears

And so on...

Do you really want the cities of the world overrun by dog-munching bears!!!

 

[mooncancook]

Until they are universally recognized as gourmet foods

 

[Gibson486]

I can see a problem with this.

Problem: Rat infestation
Solution: Introduce more feral cats to kill the rats
Problem: Rats are killed off, but now we have too many feral cats
Solution: More stray dogs required to kill off the feral cats
Problem: Too many stray dogs, but the feral cat and rat populations have been reduced.
Solution: Introduce bears to the kill the dogs
Problem: Dog, cat and rat populations controlled, but now too many bears

And so on...

Do you really want the cities of the world overrun by dog-munching bears!!!

As long as I do not pay more Homer Tax

 

[compbuilder00]

Crispin Glover is such a weird dude

 

[edro]

Spiked bait with birth control like they do for deer.

Of course, then they will have a bunch of liberated women rats taking all of the men rats' jobs.

 

[Rubycon]

Curses!

Anyway, the key to killing them is to have them line up in a row and then get a robot armed with lasers to shoot them in one shot.

We should enlist some mad scientists to make this happen.

No mad scientists, esoteric or avant-garde solutions required at all! A Synrad sealed 120W CO2 (10.6µM) laser will take care of serious rodent issues quickly and can be fun!

 

[Bateluer]

“They jump two feet from a running start;

Mine can do this from a dead stand still to get on the bed.