The US government is adopting the Viking mentality in its new approach to curbing the ever-growing population of a massive rat-like rodent ... The agency noted that hunting the rodent isn ...

The brown rat, or Rattus norvegicus, isn't all that different from the average New Yorker. It hates long commutes and loves a reliable food source, which it will keep returning to again and again.

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