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The streets of New York are empty because of the corona virus.
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Most restaurants and takeawys are closed.
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The rats are desperately looking for food.
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This is why there are fights among the rodents and they eat each other up.
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New York stands still in the Corona crisis. This is also felt by the rats living there. They run out of food. That is why the rodents in the deserted streets are now struggling to survive and become cannibals like «NBCnews»Reports.
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Around two million rats live in the Manhattan district alone. For years they lived like in the land of milk and honey: they eat the food waste from the countless restaurants and takeaways in the city. The lockdown causes this food source to dry up and the rats can no longer find food.
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According to the principle: the stronger survives
According to the New York rat expert, Bobby Corrigan, this now leads to bloody territorial battles, as he says to the TV station. Because of their hunger, groups of rats are now marching into the neighboring area. “The rats go to war!”, Headlined “New York Daily News”.
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Corrigan compares the territorial battles of the rats with those of humans and says: «It is exactly as we have seen in human history, where humans try to take over land, they come with the army and literally fight to the death. »
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The situation also leads to cannibalism: the adult rats kill the young in their nests and eat them up. (sib)
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