Day: April 26, 2020

Day 41: It Could Always Be Worse

Perhaps I shouldn’t be complaining about squirrels. After all, what if they were all rats instead? I live around the corner from a number of restaurants whose trashcans are reportedly magnets for Rattus norvegicus. Now that many of these places are closed, the vermin are searching for meals elsewhere. The coronavirus has created a perfect storm for residential rat infestations. Just as restaurant trash generation has dropped, people are producing more food waste at home. […]

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