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I’mfrom Alberta. My favorite party trick when talking to non-native Albertans is to pull up the “world rat population” map:

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/657947826782505650/

I have no idea how accurate it is, of course.

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That is astounding! For anyone on mobile who wants to avoid the Pinterest garbage, here's a direct link to the image:

https://www.vividmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rats-10...

Possibly a dumb question, but how do I get that link from the Pinterest one?

By clicking on it.

Antarctica is clearly doing something right, I'd suggest we emulate them. A a well-funded coalition of wildlife experts should be deployed to determine what special conditions have conspired to produce such a resistant ecological niche.

Hemelin, Germany on the other hand only found a temporary solution to the problem when the anonymous Pied Piper visited the area. Perhaps he was unaware that some rats can swim up to a mile and simply drove the local rat population to the surrounding area. Regardless, the example clearly illustrates that music-based solutions to the problem are, at best, temporary.

Yeah I don’t think this map is accurate. This maps states that rats don’t inhabit Iceland, but I’ve personally seen them in Reykjavík.

There's a big difference though: It's well known that the rat population in Reykjavik are transitory tourists, often visiting purely for the spectacular volcano tours in the area.

Thanks for the pointer. A direct link (not going thru pinterest) is:

https://vividmaps.com/global-rat-distribution-map/

Vividmaps.com is a great site.

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