RAT PSYCHOLOGY
SENSE OF COMING DANGER Have rats the power to sense coming dangers? The question is answered in the affirmative by some authorities in a summing up of the result of a campaign against the rat nuisance in Oslo, Norway. The campaign lasted for a week, and some 15 tons of poison were distributed in bins and cellars. There were approximately 600,000 rats in Oslo, and when the campaign ended not a single rat was seen. Some had been poisoned, but not more than a small fraction. What had happened to the rest? Several people reported that a few days before the poison was laid down regiments of rats were seen wandering out of town, following the main roads. The experts now admit that these stories are not entirely fantastic. When the first report of the “emigration” was reported they inquired into it, and saw the rats leaving. As far as the rats are concerned the campaign has been satisfactory for Oslo itself, though the neighbouring villages are not so enthusiastic.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1046, 9 August 1930, Page 19
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