New Breed Of Super Rodents In UK Feared To Be ‘Threat To Humans’

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  1. I have vague memories of “super rat” stories before, front page on tabloids and never heard of again.

    2014 – Daily Mail, Genetically Mutated Super Rats, and it wasn’t a kids show
    [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2669542/Rise-genetically-mutated-SUPER-RATS-Giant-rodents-immune-poison-spreading-rapid-speeds.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2669542/Rise-genetically-mutated-SUPER-RATS-Giant-rodents-immune-poison-spreading-rapid-speeds.html)

    2009 – Super Rats again
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/15/super-rats-infestations

  2. And after a few years of recession.

    >Breed of Super Food Rodents in UK expected to be “New sustainable food source”

  3. Too early for an “Experts predict Arctic Blast” or “Experts predict barbecue summer” headline?

  4. I very much enjoyed James Herbert’s ‘The Rats’ books. Schlocky madness about giant bloodthirsty rats.

  5. They still haven’t evolved a dislike for rum and raisin chocolate or a resistance to mousetraps round my way.

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