Hangry Rats: They’re Hungry, They’re Angry, And They’re Rats
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First COVID-19, then murder hornets,” and now HANGRY RATS!
Seriously???
The Centers for Disease Control says rats are becoming aggressive because many restaurants are closed due to the coronavirus. Rodents are wandering into residential neighborhoods in order to find food because restaurants are no longer putting out the same amount of food waste as they did before.
The CDC says, “Some jurisdictions have reported an increase in rodent activity as rodents search for new sources of food. Environmental health and rodent control programs may see an increase in service requests related to rodents and reports of unusual or aggressive rodent behavior.”
Rats are fighting with one another because, just like humans, they get irritable when they’re hungry.
2020, in more than one way, perhaps, is the year of the rat.
Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.