[Noisebridge-discuss] The rats are getting ballsy

jim jim at well.com
Fri Feb 26 18:05:06 UTC 2010


+1 for UV light rat-tracing. anybody know how 
to get a UV light? 


On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 09:34 -0800, Gian Pablo Villamil wrote:
> FWIW, I did some reading on the subject, and there is clear evidence
> that rats are most active just before dawn and late at night, when
> people are not around.
> 
> However, if rats are seen to be active when things are lit up, when
> people are around, and engaging in risky behavior to get food, this is
> a pretty good sign of a rat population explosion (not them getting
> more ballsy). They are driven to riskier behavior due to greater
> competition for food. This situation also makes them more aggressive.
> 
> So chances are that there are a *lot* more rats moving around the
> space late at night than we are aware of.
> 
> Apparently UV light shows up traces of rat urine, and shows where
> they've been. Might be an interesting experiment.
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