Podcast: Ologies with Alie Ward (LS 80 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)
Episode: Urban Rodentology (SEWER RATS) with Bobby Corrigan
Pub date: 2021-01-12

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Interviews with experts about their "ology". This one is not for the faint of heart: the subject is rats, and particularly the ecosystem that they create around human habitation in big cities. The guest here is so incredibly upbeat and positive about the wonders of these creatures, though, that any rodent-based squeamishness is quickly overcome by their enthusiasm. These creatures have "food dialects", impressive memories and are so resourceful that we should be working with them, not against them, apparently

RATS: They love pizza. They invade taquerias at midnight. They scurry. They cuddle. They outsmart. They inspire movies that inspire musicals. Proving that not just woodsy megafauna can be charismatic, rats have lives we would never suspect. Globally-lauded Urban Rodentologist Dr. Robert Corrigan, or Bobby if you like, has been studying these animals in their big-city ecosystem for decades and he is a wonder-filled joy. Learn about rats’ origin story, the difference between a rat and a mouse, where they live, their preferred “food dialects, and how to (hopefully humanely) keep one out of your house -- or car? Might as well start to love and respect them, because we’re not-too-distantly related and one day… they may be steering the ship.

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