Why New York Has So Many Rats - NYC Revealed

New York has long been known as one of the rattiest cities in America with some estimating close to 2 million rodents roam its streets. Both city workers and residents have been waging a never-ending battle against these four-legged fiends. Here is how New York City rats out its rodents.
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[@sandinmytoes7027]

I’ve lived in Manhattan all my life and rats really are as common as you think. They usually come out at night and they’re not scared of people walking by. They’re basically New Yorkers lol.

[@jackb1969]

That is horrifying. Why isn't there more being done to get rid of them?

[@Tensho_C]

@@jackb1969 US politics

[@sukimala]

😂 Facts

[@resireg]

@@jackb1969 new Yorkers are filthy. You see them piling up garbage bags on sidewalks instead of storing in proper bins

[@resireg]

@@Stevie-J well, I can guarantee that here in Canada, we sort out garbage, put it in separate bins, not like you who put it all together in those festering bags that rats can punch holes. You should be ashamed of your filth

[@shinbakihanma2749]

There's definitely far more than just 2 million rats in NYC. There's also rumored be one really BIG ONE who lives in the sewers with a group of turtles.

[@widow7488]

🤣🤣

[@joannmcrae3254]

Master Shredder😆

[@jameshowell9040]

And Takashi 69

[@entity9588]

@@joannmcrae3254 Splinter is the rat fool

[@johnsmith-cw3wo]

and they did not even counted the rats on Wall Street.

[@vsaldivar48]

I was in New York in November down in Manhattan , I’ve never seen so much trash thrown out on the side. I’d say fixing the trash problem would definitely help with the rat population

[@daniels9226]

Can’t fix the trash problem when people treat this city like their trash can

[@eddyvideostar]

@@daniels9226 The rat population is abounding due to one reason, the states have taken away the supermarkets' plastic bags. These were used as home garbage liners, tied up, secured, and disposed of. Customers can't get them anymore. I believe this was something that made a difference. -------------------- The bring-your-own-bag thing has contributed to crime, shoplifting, smash and grab, security risks, and personal danger.

[@DavidTheDeveloper]

The trash problem is impossible to fix due to most buildings not having alley ways. So the trash just mounts on the side walk

[@violagentsch]

No shit

[@girlpower4589]

New York is just plain nasty. yulk. You could not pay me to live there or visit. NO WAY.

[@MTcell08]

I've just scratched New York off my bucket list.😂

[@RebeccaSefesi]

Hard! 🤢 🤮

[@Riasat202]

You won't be missing much lol.

[@atruebond]

The fact that this is about rats and done by Cheddar. The irony is not lost on me.

[@jeffreycater5447]

Gosh online rhetoric has fried my brain. I was like oh here we go someone calling the media rats……… but then my brain said no rats love cheese. Ugh, it’s me, not you 😂

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

rodents aren't actually particularly interested in cheese. in real life traps are baited with peanut butter, not with cheese.

[@jeffreycater5447]

@@Ass_of_Amalek 👍

[@atruebond]

@@Ass_of_Amalek Thanks Gunther for that scathing report, but the video isn't made by Peanut Butter, now is it? Its a stereotypical belief that mice like cheese. They will eat anything that they can get nutritional value from including cheese, however prefer fruits and nuts.

[@chrisaguilera1564]

That's actually only a myth, they'll eat it but prefer sweeter salter stuff like pizza and chips. Just like humans.

[@DoomFinger511]

During the height of the pandemic I noticed for the first time how bad the rat and cockroach situation is in Manhattan. Because the city was in lockdown there was hardly any foot traffic on the sidewalks or cars in the street so they all came out of their hiding places and roamed the city. It was utterly disgusting.

[@i_CARLYYYYY]

I can’t even imagine.. especially with the huge piles of trash that we’re building up at some point 😵‍💫

[@angeleenaortiz52]

I also notice this during the pandemic and the lock down it was hardly no food trash from humans because no one was out and also during the lock down the birds also struggled and we’re going hungry because no humans were littering. I sat by McDonald’s eating French fries 🍟 one day during the lockdown and was attacked by Pigeons it was so sad ….

[@TKUA11]

Why do you still live there with rats? Just move. People were spazzing out by Covid but rats are just fine?

[@DoomFinger511]

@@TKUA11 i work there I don't live there and because I won't make over $200k a year doing the same job working somewhere else. The rats are mainly only an issue in ghetto areas. But during the pandemic they migrated and weren't as well controlled in the nicer areas.

[@brettcarter5142]

@@TKUA11 maybe because one has been causing half a million deaths in the USA a year and countless people getting permanent heart or lung damage, while the other has been causing about zero deaths, but that’s just my guess comparing the 2 and why people are “spazzing out about Covid and not rats”

[@meanhe8702]

I’ve never seen an actual wild rat running around out in the open, and I’ve lived in 7 different states. It’s crazy that some people are ok with the risk of living with these rats that infest there city, knowing the disease and illness they can cause, not to mention the sheer repulsiveness of them, the smell, the pee, the poop, the property damage, it’s unimaginable!

[@darwinwins]

states or cities? cos you could live in the middle of nowhere seven times and of course you wouldn't see a rat out in the wild.

[@dinnertime3709]

Who ever did the graphics for this is a comedic genius

[@jaystrickland4151]

The issue with NYC's rats is that so much of NYC's trash disposal revolves around plastic bags of trash on curbs. Other cities of much smaller size are able to use trash systems that greatly reduces the food available to the rats.

[@jeffreycater5447]

And with New York’s lack of alleys, the garbage is usually front and centre along with the Rats.

[@robcerrato6528]

Could be solved by underground dumpsters.

[@anthonymolina7416]

@@robcerrato6528 Amsterdam has a system like that but might be harder to do in NYC because of the subways and stuff

[@robcerrato6528]

@@anthonymolina7416 true, but Amsterdam has canals that I can't imagine makes it any easier to have underground dumpsters. Doesn't Amsterdam also have a subway? I think they might, although smaller. They make it work, I'm sure NYC could find a way too. My concern is less the rats and more the plastic bags being used and the resulting litter everywhere from bags being torn open.

[@jeffreycater5447]

@@robcerrato6528 Amsterdam and New York have huge cultural difference too, so that effects where they would spend their money and then they also have a large size difference making what ever they do much more expensive

[@AtxMamasita]

I went to NYC in Dec 2019, I was surprised to see so many rats. New Yorkers are used to it and it doesn't phase them. Those suckers are big, too. I've never seen rats that big. I was surprised that in NY they place their trash bags on the curbs and not in containers, it's no wonder they have rats, they're feeding them.

[@121Greenthumb]

LOL Where do you think all those garbage cans would go? literally every square inch of sidewalk would be covered in garbage cans for all the buildings. Im not saying what we do is okay but just think about why there aren't more garbage cans. if anything the city needs more dumpsters in place of the average size garbage cans.

[@nooli22]

There are plenty of options, this is a choice to not fix it.

[@clisediagonzalez5010]

No! We are not used to it. These are breeding grounds for disease.

[@nickcommie]

We aren't "used to it", it's annoying and it sucks. It doesn't "not phase us", it's fucking gross

[@alaabarakat8609]

As someone who was born and raised in NYC, before the pandemic, the number of rats you'd see on the streets was far less than today. I moved out of NYC 9 months before the pandemic, and when I came back to visit in May 2020, I was surprised to see how many rats and roaches are roaming the streets. Before the pandemic, the streets were relatively clean. There were definitely still a lot of rats everywhere, but nowhere near what NYC is experiencing today.

[@funnyfack9854]

Bro just tossed his dog in a trash can lmaooo

[@JESSEXTO]

I discovered I had a rat problem in my brand new home just a few months ago. I was shocked, I live alone and am an absolute clean freak. I decided to get one of those glue rat traps.. I got home the next day to see the baby rat stuck in the glue! I was BEYOND disgusted.. and to my surprise, I actually felt so bad for the little guy. I put on some protective gear and placed another glue trap on top of him and used a broom to shove him into a plastic bag. One of the most terrifying experiences for sure. I’m deathly afraid of rats but a part of me feels terrible. Poor thing probably had a slow and painful death.

[@cIeetz]

do you live in an apartment? ur neighbors could contribute. If no food is left around and no cat food etc im surprised they are in there. Flour/muffin/pancake mix with 1/2 baking soda kills them. get they gassy and die. search it up

[@youtuber3328]

in ALL honesty i wish you WOULDN'T have got the glue trap

[@CoconutDreams123]

It definitely did have a slow and painful death ... Terrible for any living creature.

[@youtuber3328]

@@CoconutDreams123 i'm SORRY to hear that SERIOUSLY

[@JESSEXTO]

@@CoconutDreams123 I know. I feel terrible! I wasn’t too afraid to think rationally.

[@danielbalboa4537]

We had a bad rat problem here at my house ...one day I saw a rat kill another rat and it freaked the hell out of me...but my son had a great solution...we got a cat..within the first night they booked it , just the mere presence of a cat terrified them...they ran rampant through the house for more than a year and in one day were gone

[@lutheruler7487]

That not always true my friend had rats and got a cat and the problem got even worse in fact they will run all around cat and overwhelm him some will even try fight him rats always fight back

[@rajbhattacharya4427]

@@lutheruler7487 if there are enough of them, rats can straight up eat a cat alive. They get extremely confident in large numbers and it's not even out of the equation for them to attack a human.

[@lutheruler7487]

@@rajbhattacharya4427 wait they attack humans? O hell no

[@rajbhattacharya4427]

@@lutheruler7487 Yes. Rats also have alpha males that are extremely aggressive. They're usually bigger than the other rats and they're easy to tell apart. A rat is really a nasty animal (especially black rats, which can carry the plague from fleas). The alpha rat will literally attack a human; they're extremely territorial and aggressive. If the alpha rat attacks then it's typical for the other rats to join in. It doesn't help that if you get bit by a rat then odds are you may contract a deadly disease, too.

[@kingdoc3262]

Animal balance. Cities with no Nature is abnormal

[@lugano1999]

Istanbul is a megacity of some 13 million people. I have been there a number of times and never saw one. I also have an American friend who also lived there for some five years. I asked her why one didn't see any rats on Istanbul's streets. She answered with one word, "cats!" They have legions of feral cats who, to use Mafia parlance, "take care of business." Rats are a non-issue there.

[@mrme123music]

Same with Iran. The answer is simply cats

[@logank444]

NYC to cold ro have that many cats. Even though there are tens of thousands of feral cats in NYC but most die in the winter

[@StayFawnTop]

I’ve visited Istanbul and can confirm they have a lot of cats.

[@thastayapongsak4422]

Istanbul has a cat army though.

[@gfuentes8449]

Istanbul population urban: 2.6 million. Metro: 5.3 million. Sit down and shut up

[@123chargeit]

I grew up in the country where we have groundhogs but we don't have rats we have field mice. One time when I was playing tourist in NYC I saw a rat as big as a ground hog. At least as long as my forearm. I literally stopped and just stared. No one else seemed to be all that surprised.

[@v4n1ty92]

I'm quite glad to have not seen a single rat when i visited new york

[@kittywhite1924]

We, my family and I had the same experience on a summer visit to New York. We were waking enjoying the sites and this huge thing ran across the street, everyone was screaming and running, even the cars stopped for this Monster to cross, it was a rat the size of a terrier dog, the tail had no end. That images got tattooed into my subconscious and never left, hence I have always kept pet cats in our home. Very real, very true.

[@EWOHL08]

2M is probably a gross understatement

[@empirestate8791]

There are literally mountains of trash on the sidewalks and in the alleyways. Trash cans are overflowing, and litter is ubiquitous. It's a rat's paradise!

[@g3user1usa]

Where I live in Queens people walking just toss their food bags onto the sidewalk. People in cars will just toss their food wrappers into the street. I don't know where these people learn such careless behavior. No common sense at all. I have an open front yard so I'm always picking up discarded trash that's either been thrown in or blown in. It's not a big deal but it shouldn't happen every day.

[@sp6990]

They took away so many garbage bins. People just throw their garbage on the floor. Disgusting!

[@eromod]

People getting along with nature, even in cities, is a thing to strive for. Extermination should be for private businesses, if they want, but made illegal for public places like sidewalks if the person who lives right near the sidewalk doesn't want their public surroundings sterilized.

[@resireg]

@@g3user1usa because people don't point out

[@cryosteam3944]

@@Stevie-J this is what I came to sayyyyy 😂😂😂😂

[@isaiah1931]

I remember when I went to NY for the first time and being an Atlanta native I thought the rat stuff was all just talk. I thought that until I was going back to my hotel after playing basketball and saw like 20 rats come out of a mattress that was on the sidewalk. I haven’t been back to NYC since 😂😂

[@jayparris7425]

🤣🤣🤣 rat city

[@HonduranTendaroni]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 when I first visited ATL I was like “wow I can walk at night and not be scared of rats!” 🤣

[@sableann4255]

Yep, they're BIG

[@frankiem4062]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@unrulytdott2824]

I’m from new york and moved to atl and people love to talk about our rats but jesus christ lets talk about atl roaches😂😂

[@nancyr45]

I lived in the Bronx the building next to our building had a rat infestation and our building was sold so they began to put poison to kill the rats those rats started climbing through the walls and dying it was disgusting the smell was horrible everyone started having rat problem I had the most horrible experience in my appt I ended up moving to Florida I wont go back to NYC or the Bronx it was a nightmare

[@theHEADSHOTking1]

The fact everyone for the most part just kind of accepts all the rats and see them as mascots or apart of life in NY, is genuinely disgusting.

[@keepyourvisionstoyourself1932]

Exactly. What the fuck is the point of the rat-proof trash can if people just dump plastic bags full of crap around it. Rats gonna rat. Humans need to stop enabling them.

[@Riasat202]

New Yorkers are delusional and think that living in New York is the pinnacle of human achievement LOL

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Can’t wait for the New York version of Ratatouille.

[@beniaminmarin1596]

Or the Plague

[@piggynatorcool668]

@@beniaminmarin1596 corona virus variant spread by rats

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

gabagouille

[@Racko.]

Bubonic Plague

[@glatios]

Ratatouille 2, where Gustaeu's (I think I butchered it?) has branched out into NYC. Remy is interested to move to New York and so follows a plane from Paris to America, where he works in the New York Guestaeu's and meets new rats that become friends and enemies.

[@eddiesaninocencio7486]

I grew up in the South Bronx in the 70's we had many alley cats, I never saw a malnourished cat, all were healthy because of abundant rats.

[@buttorr]

i say they get a bunch of cats and let them free to control the rat population

[@ryanrodriguez2660]

This is why I feed any cats that live near me, it only costs a can of sardines every couple days and for like 10 bucks a month you've got your own rat hitsquad

[@MarySanchez-qk3hp]

I'd suggest you watch a few KZbins by the rescue group FLATBUSH CATS, to understand what short, brutish lives all feral cats live. Your statement is entirely subjective, anecdotal, and far from the truth. Domestic cats belong at home. They're not part of nature, they were genetically engineered by humans in a very short period of time, fheymshiildnt be allowed to roam... and they have extirpated countless wild bird species already, killing literally billions of birds each year. And, contrary to what cartoons show, they aren't as good at rodent control as you think. I'm a wildlife rehabilitator. About 47% of the wildlife I receive is mangled by roaming cats, and most of them expire or must be euthanized. i doubt you'd actually know if a cat is emaciated or not, just by a quick look, or if it's sick, or a vector spreading disease to other ferals. And if a cat actually has good weight, I can guarantee that you've got someone in the neighborhood who's feeding a cat colony.

[@Erine120]

Nyc already has a huge stray cat population it doesn’t help can they’re so out numbered the best a cat can do is protect a small area but they can’t help everywhere

[@YourFavoriteCommie]

Cats are an even worse pest than rats are.

[@bjt81366]

I was at Grand Concourse standing on the platform waiting for the train with a rat. The train came and we both got on the train. He rode 2 stops and got off like he knew it was his stop.

[@willshedo]

7:03 she is soooo right here! In a place where there is no food reachable, no trash lying around, anything edible stored away rodent-proof, there are no rats and mice. They vanish like magic by themselves. No need to kill them with poison lying around that can be eaten accidentally by pets and children, too.

[@tayzonday]

Only two million? That’s less than the human population.

[@cheddar]

Right? We were surprised by that too. Although, who really know how many rats there are...

[@dwavenminer]

My guess they weren't counting the furry kind, but the ones in suits😜

[@3mike5]

Vanilla snow

[@jasonmadinya7759]

i thought the same thing

[@sithuwin5239]

damn bro wonder who counted

[@DavedSitt]

There are thousands of them in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, and the scariest thing about them is their lack of fear of humans. They do not fear us at ALL. They scurry around in large groups and there’s nothing you can do about it…. There used to be an abundance of stray cats which balanced it out, but all these organizations are getting rid of the cats and not the rats.. they capture cats, get them spade/neutered and release them. So these rats are thriving

[@allforthewinner]

Love seeing cats playing with mice.

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

yep. I live in a working class neighborhood with lots of idiots, but my neighbor has 7 cats that patrol our yards, and I've only seen one mouse in 6 years, thanks to the cats

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

Yeah, but they're great for persuading prisoners that they should love Big Brother.

[@josephinetracy1485]

There's only one way to control them >>>> *An Intentional Deadly Human-Designed Species-Specific Pathogen* , which can be introduced and could then proliferate among them. It's time now.

[@metalgearsolidsnake6978]

Spiderman no way home< 2 mio rats, no way.. any city with more rats? who count them anyway???

[@MemoGrafix]

I never tried this but an article I read, this guy said he got rid of his Rodent problem by mixing dry concrete/cement, flour & sugar together in a shallow pan and a SEPARATE pan of water. Rodents will eat the dry mixture then drink water = Concrete Rat.

[@ryanjohnson3414]

I was in Brooklyn and heard a rat digging in a dumpster before i saw it. When it finally jumped out, i thought it was a goddamned cat. It was that big. Dafuq NY?

[@ycplum7062]

I live in NYC. When I patch holes, I mix in some steel wool. Rats don't like chewing through steel wool.

[@sp6990]

💯

[@kittymarch4203]

i might have to try this lol

[@TristenHernandez]

That mostly works for squirrels to squirrels are a big problem in upstate New York

[@ocrbeats]

He’s correct. Rats and/or mice hate steel wool.

[@shirleybutler2623]

OMG You just hit a homerun with those comments 💯💯👌

[@g3orgge788]

New Yorkers: “Why are there so many rats?” *Spits out gum, throws trash on floor, wastes food.*

[@extropiantranshuman]

just eat everything received - no food waste

[@MyLifeThai371]

I lived in Bangkok, Thailand and there are rats everywhere. The ferrel cats don't help. The rats are so big, that they would just injure the cats.

[@GKelley-gn1ul]

the big problem is two legged rats invading our city

[@amandashelton1162]

I visited New York before. I witnessed a rat drag a burrito down the steps to the subway to feed it's family. My mom and I followed it and found out their were holes in the wall and the rats made nests. They live in the sewer as well. They are large rats too. I was a teenager back then. The rat was a white and black color with brown ears. But the other rates were dark brown. They even came out to greet us as if they expected food scraps. Mom told me not to feed them because it's not healthy. Plus they would follow us if they found out we have food. They are very smart creatures.

[@Mikkaray014]

Thats kind of cute!

[@start3079]

@@Mikkaray014 fuck no !

[@charleshoang566]

Last year I visited Time square,I almost was pushed down from behind by a black rat.LOL.

[@hollyhayes9640]

I've had pet rats. Very smart. I'd imagine wild rats would be smarter. 🐀

[@pharaohsmagician8329]

Lol I love this comment! I've never been to the states and you paint such a good picture

[@CEOofTheHood]

Finally some talked about this. I was walking in Greenwich Village and saw rats the size of cats at night.

[@Racko.]

Sounds like streets near my work place in Harlem

[@nostalgiachu]

Opossum?

[@bocahdongo7769]

@@nostalgiachu Rat like this does exist

[@dansands8140]

That's a Nutria. Not really a rat, but does look like a giant-ass rat.

[@purplealice]

The last time I was in the city, my husband and I went into the subway to get back to where we had parked the car. A woman was sitting on the bench across from us. She saw a commotion among the fast-food wrappers littering the floor. "That's a RAT!" she exclaimed. And I replied, "This is the subway. There are always rats in the subway. " She shivered in revulsion. But we got on our train - no rats boarded with us.

[@user-hn5zj1zs3f]

For creatures we scorn so much, it’s ironic how we find them more around us than anywhere else in nature. You seldom see rats away from human settlements. That should tell us something about ourselves.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

People just throw their trash around. Disgusting

[@guido69x]

Props to the guy that is counting them!

[@juanpablosaenz9037]

They are registered Democrats...Who do you think elected the Mayor? Most New Yorkers don't have time to vote.

[@seyimatt712]

Absolutely disgusted by the state of NYC. I've only been here for 5 years, but the level of apathy towards the invasion of rats - not just out in the streets - but in peoples homes, trains and social spaces, is abhorrent. Nobody deserves to live like this. The city needs to invest in large bin shoots (like we have in the UK) - making it harder for rats to access trash, they need much more regular collections as well as frequent cleaning. And the cities residents need to do a better job taking care of their spaces and the spaces around them, raise their voices and contact their local district leaders to do better. I like that Chicago released thousands of cats to help with their issue, but that alone would not be enough, as these rats are the same size as cats haha.

[@iLoveBoysandBerries]

Then move.. They were there first

[@jayce1850]

@@iLoveBoysandBerries Okay but which species owns the planet? Not the rats... If they spread disease to humans they need to be controlled. People are always more important than anything that is not people (including rats).

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

Jayce humans own the planet? yikes... that attitude is definitely causing a lot of our biggest problems.

[@seyimatt712]

@@Ass_of_Amalek pipe down. If you’re OK with rats in your house, come and take them all.

[@seyimatt712]

@@iLoveBoysandBerries I don’t care, I’m here now.

[@vectorhold6489]

Downtown LA has gotten really bad too. I played a DJ gig down there last month. When I was leaving back to my hotel room the door lady screamed "Move!!" I looked about 20 ft in front of me and it looked like the sidewalk was moving. It was about 100 rats all running together right towards me. Moved out of the way, watch them all scurry into a gutter. Pretty nasty.

[@gotcha5665]

that's a plague tale scene

[@LaMorenaPequena]

YES!!! Downtown LA is probably right under NYC when it comes to the ROACH INFESTATION 🤢They definitely have A LOT of rats but its nowhere near what NY has. You’re more likely to get attacked by a homeless person in downtown LA too 😷🤮

[@biaky8793]

Oh nah LA too?💀

[@kasumiijay]

Literally was about to say LA is getting just like this

[@lemontadams3029]

Homeless feeding them

[@Calma123_]

Just unleash 100K feral cats into the City. Rat problem solved.

[@JAZZY2REALZ]

I was in Manhattan 3 weeks ago and I saw a huge rat meet other rats in the trash cans. They were BOLD as lions.

[@benjaminmarshall5071]

My father’s company had a horrible rat infestation for years. They trued traps and poison, but neither worked. They got a cat and within 24 hours they were gone. To this day he has no idea if the cat killed them or just scared them off. They haven’t had a problem in more than 10 years since.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

"To this day he has no idea if the cat killed them or just scared them off." Probably both. Cats get bored killing rats unlike rat-hunting dogs like Terriers and Chihuahuas. Those dogs snap rat necks with their teeth for fun.

[@mermaidlu5125]

Well nyc rats aren’t scared of me or you or no cats those cats run nyc

[@tylerdordon99]

I've seen cats getting scared shitless from rats. They're not very effective against them.

[@finneserrr]

@@MK_ULTRA420ew i have terriers they would never come home if they ate a rat

[@Darkempress45]

And New York wants you to pay $2500 plus to live in a 300 sq ft dump and live amongst rats with no greenery anywhere to live there?! Anyone that voluntarily lives in New York HAS to be a bit insane 😩🥴

[@brownsonarebojie7802]

lol truth be told. It's all about the hype for most people. I have no desire to visit NY, especially these days.

[@jeanetteconway6058]

Agree

[@user-ok8yq6nc6x]

Um there are actually plenty of parks including central park one of the biggest city parks in the world.... so a lot of greenery bro

[@wayneferrell160]

That's why I moved to Florida

[@radrook7584]

When I attempted to rent an apartment in NY, I was expected to pay the rent, the security deposit, and an additional rent or gift for the landlord renting me the place. In Spanish they referred to it as the regalia. Never encountered that in any other city.

[@pla4825]

As a Californian I’m so fascinated by the rats 🐀 in New York 🤣🤣🤣

[@philipward7846]

The city that earned the top spot was Chicago for the ninth straight year, according to Orkin's Rattiest City List. Los Angeles claimed the number two spot this year, with New York coming in at third place, Washington, D.C. ranking fourth, while San Francisco finished in the fifth spot.Oct 24, 2023

[@dementedmindstate7063]

Before even watching this, I just gotta think: NYC is a very old city with miles and miles of subway tunnels beneath the whole city. We're talking dark, dirty breeding grounds for rats that've been multiplying for a few centuries down there. I would never question why there's so many rats.

[@koharumi1]

Subway would provide shelter. But it is the food waste that is the problem. Otherwise you wouldn't get so many.

[@6ick6ick6ity5]

The rats have taken over

[@chaunceyjames3628]

I work in the tunnels for the Mta you would be surprised once you leave the platform you will hardly ever see a rat they congregate where the food is

[@SL1TFACE]

I live in ga and I've haven't been to NYC yet. But now, I don't think I wanna go

[@Olivia-W]

@@SL1TFACE Come. If you see anything wierd just look elswhere and move on. There's plenty to see here for tourists. Also please walk briskly and don't hog the sidewalk, stairs, and escalators.

[@marcogallo2811]

imo residents (ourselves) should be more conscious and responsible for our trash. The amount of people I see who don't give a crap about litter and trash or how to dispose of stuff correctly on a daily basis. The amount of illegal dumping every single week I see in my neighborhood here in ridgewood is insane. There's a spot under the M train around the block from me, that every single week, someone comes and illegally dumps furniture and bags of trash. It gets cleaned up, and someone else comes the very next day and fills the spot with their crap. No one respects the rules let alone the people around them. Everyone wants to be respected but doesn't give a crap about the human beings around them. Don't get me started on dog crap either. I walk my dog every day and every single block has dog crap because people are too lazy to be responsible.

[@nuggets0717]

That’s a fact!! I used to live there in ridgewood and I know exactly the spot. Now I live in Astoria and it’s cleaner here but still the streets are constantly full of litter. It’s infuriating

[@dynomar11]

New York sounds dirty and stinky but it looks nice, from a distance.

[@nuggets0717]

@@dynomar11 it’s kinda both-those two are not mutually exclusive

[@hariishr]

Really, many in India think NYC n other popular cities r too clean n strict rules regarding cleanliness

[@panzerveps]

They should look to Europe and how we handle our trash in the cities. We don't collect our trash on the sidewalk, but have proper containers. Some of them are dug underground, and are lifted up by garbage trucks on schedule. I'm not saying we have eliminated the rats, but it's been a while since we had a rat problem.

[@nicole87rivera]

I worked in midtown Manhattan for 6 years until Covid and the 9th floor building had plenty of mice

[@robertrogers6841]

Boston was the same way during pandemic. I’ve had a rat run across my foot like I wasn’t there

[@Katie-mw7pd]

Nah it’s not nearly as bad here, even during the pandemic

[@bobjacobson1091]

What are Rats? all I saw was Varane. Kimpembe and Ben Yedder

[@zxo4801]

Swear i saw mbappe roaming the streets

[@Linkmon99]

I stayed at a hotel in Times Square in January; at 2am it was pretty much dead and I was looking off the balcony when I saw a rat the size of a cat shuffling around before dipping into the sewers. Within the next hour I saw two or three more, they were truly huge. Giga chads, honestly.

[@vhs360]

Linkmon good to see you 🎉

[@LaMorenaPequena]

Ewww, im so scared to visit NY for this reason🤢😷

[@bobhydro913]

A b s u l u t e. U n i t s

[@girlfullofsorrow]

Disgusting🤢💀☠️

[@ratman3752]

thats cap man how can a rat be as big as a cat

[@RejectdaIllestOfficial]

I’m cringing so bad but I can’t stop watching 🤣

[@scrappyanimations4096]

New York has a MUCH worse animal problem than the rats. You know what I'm talking about. 😉

[@13blackcatzzz]

When I was in NY I was walking at night with a native and something large ran across my foot and I thought it was a cat and my friend said no, that was a rat. 😂

[@jamesswain8675]

😱😳

[@sixthsensevisions7791]

Man my soul would've left my body 😮😮😮😮😮

[@tameriajones593]

When me and my mom first came to L.a. my mom told me that the rats here in Los Angeles are big like cats and I was scared to death.

[@drinkwatereatmelons7048]

2 rats jumped me for my McDonald's....Well, I dropped the bag and ran

[@jamesswain8675]

@@drinkwatereatmelons7048 was this in NY?

[@neykovmaster]

Here from the Nick reaction !!! ( Rats reassembled)

[@chipmunk1227]

Asking a population to clean up after themselves is just too much of an ask and that’s sad. I had a neighbor with mice and I would go catch them for her and after the 2nd time telling her the only way to get rid of them was to keep her house clean I stopped catching them for her. She stopped talking to me after that 😂😂😅

[@user-il5hf7vp9k]

I am from Korea where lots of ferals cats live. We hardly see rats anywhere in Korea which I love abt my country a lot. But recently some ornithologists insist to kill all city cats because they hunt birds as well. But I dont think thats a good idea. We dont want rats over populated just like in NYC or Chicago =(

[@AC-im4hi]

If there is one thing that this series is great at, it's making me really thankful for the city I live in.

[@melanielazare9]

You and me both

[@Cacowninja]

Which is?

[@BoldBrandFlakes]

I don’t live in NYC so maybe I’m not the most educated on the situation, but during the multiple times visiting I’ve noticed that businesses and houses would leave their garbage bags on the SIDEWALKS so that the sanitation guys would pick it up and throw it on the truck. This definitely has to be significant on why rats thrive there as well. I can’t see myself living in a city like that.

[@extropiantranshuman]

me too

[@carolw8579]

NYC is filthy!!!! Visited NYC pre.Covid and I couldn't believe the trash that was thrown out on the curbs & streets....... Who does thaT?🥺

[@bruhbutwhytho2301]

​@@carolw8579people without alleyways lol

[@v4n1ty92]

​@@carolw8579same! Once i got back home my explanation of nyc was "its really pretty as long as you look up. If you look down instead all you see is filth"

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

"Smells" Yeah that sums up my experience in NYC aptly enough. I will never forget the odor; and no that's is not a compliment. "Some have estimated 2,000,000 rats" I think you forget a ,000 sir...

[@KE-YONIC]

😂 First rat I seen in Louisiana, I wanted to get pole or stick and go ham! Anger went through the roof.

[@uncinarynin]

I remember reading a dystopian science fiction story in a future when the skyscrapers are crumbling, inhabited by rats, while people reside in the sewers ....

[@johansjournal]

it’s called paris

[@patrickmahoney4090]

😎Vote DEMOC RAT!😬 😱

[@extropiantranshuman]

@@patrickmahoney4090 in nyc, rats will end up voting

[@joelt2612]

Book?

[@gabkikop6949]

I live in Amsterdam. Unfortunately, the population of rats is increasing. There are underground bins. But they aren't emptied as often as they should. So people still leave there trash in front of the bins. It's not uncommon to see some rats at night. Another problem is that some people like to "feed the bird". They throw their old bread on the streets... I've visited NY 3 times and I have a severe fear of rats and mice. But I didn't see them that often. Luckily Oh as a cherry on top: our government prohibited the use of poison. So it's only going to get worse.

[@AneudiD78]

Never give up, there's always a way to curb those rats. I have creative way to curb those Amsterdam rats with no poison, a humane way.

[@user-hk4sb8wu9f]

@@AneudiD78 like cats? i don't think istanbul have a rat problem

[@VersedNJ]

I was born in NYC live 90 mins south of there and about the same do east of Philadelphia on the shore. In the past used to go to NYC, before my wife got cancer and daughter was a Pharmacy Student in Philly, right by where my wife went for treatment at UPenn. 6 or so years ago, didn't see rats in NYC, since COVID and the crap garbage control it got out of hand. I've been to Amsterdam never saw a rat. Did see them in Boston.

[@AneudiD78]

@@user-hk4sb8wu9f Airguns or air rifles. Start with teams of employees with night vision, bait and work their way around rat infested areas. Get paid for cleaning up those pests.

[@bastiaan4129]

Every European city has rats, I live in a smaller town in the Netherlands, all underground garbage containers, still plenty of rats. Amsterdams rat problem will probably subdue when they solve the tourist problem, but even then people will still throw food on the floor and rats will thrive.

[@Andrew-ct8fc]

People Eat Cats 🐈‍⬛ - So the Apex Predator isn’t there to main the Rat Population.

[@AJMPOPS]

We’ve got them really big in San Francisco too.in the city, by the wharf, and around all the restaurants and Chinatown.

[@illbeyourstumbleine]

I have lost my bladder to fear one time in my life, rats were the reason. I was taking out the trash at my first job. My manager laughingly said "watch out for the rats" but her tone made it sound like a joke. Well I opened the lid and countless, at least 2 dozen, rats jumps out and some on me, I have never been so scared. I ran and scream, then noticed the warm wet feeling🤦‍♀️ I kept the job, but I did refuse trash duty from then on out. I have been around pet rats since then and have really overcome the pure terror and fear of my youth. Good thing because I don't think my 40+ heart can take the same stress my 15 yr old heart did!

[@BabsW]

That's awful

[@wowso4]

Omg, I would never go back 😱😭😭😭

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

You should sue your employer

[@xenostim]

damn I'm sure your co-workers didn't let you hear the end of that. 🤣 glad you were ok and kept your job.

[@Acord718]

Sh!t is scary. Where I live we have racoons too and yes some hide.in garbage cans looking for food. I wish they can attack rats lol

[@badgerden7080]

There are very few rats in my neighborhood. I live in an area called Ravenswood in Queens. During the day, Ravens fly around on the regular. At night, cats patrol the area. We have a ton of cats everywhere. Rats cannot survive here because they have way too much competition for food from Ravens and other birds, squirrels and cats. Hell, I even saw a few possums and raccoons.

[@user-sg3rm4lc1q]

Rats 🐀 is a sign that your house is dirty .

[@Zone15Media]

I live in Baltimore. Growing up we did not have a major rat problem like we do now. I remember we used to talk bad about NY's rats. When they started digging for our subway, that was the beginning of our rat problem. They subway goes under a house we lived in when I was little. After being there for years when they went underground for the subway the rats came up and ran us out the house (we moved).

[@trustori2407]

BALTIMORE HAS THE SNITCHING RATS🗣️ 👮🐀🧀 THE INFORMANT TYPE💯

[@Abundantone444]

Yes the subways is the main issue

[@dogeshiba3518]

I never laughed so hard with the title of the video...lol I didn't even watch the video I jist came here to comment 🤣

[@mabelring9314]

@@trustori2407 lol the emojis

[@DiLL-PiCKLe02]

@@trustori2407 imaging giving a fuck abt goofy ass ghetto politics

[@danrodrigues3531]

I'm curious to know that since rats are carriers for a great many diseases, aren't these dogs that are trained to hunt them susceptible to these same diseases?

[@pendorran]

Innoculations.

[@melanielazare9]

Oh well better them than me.

[@YoungHoopstarr]

@@melanielazare9 😂

[@agentnine3973]

The dogs can get vaccines

[@anh7807]

Yes, and even worse if the rats have ingested poison. It's actually common... look at bondi vet.

[@jonathanmedley3445]

Only time i ever really encountered rats was when i lived in north philly and the gas company came and tore the ground up and they were running around everywhere thru our houses and all...my homie broke the second step at the top of the stairs and one day a rat came out the basement, thru the kitchen, and ran up the stairs like a 🐱 and down into the broken step 😱

[@Killshot15]

Bro as a person born and raised in the Midwest New York fr just looks like a GTA server 😂😂

[@vratyasvakyas6022]

Haha! excellent job with the graphics 👏 👏 👏

[@cheddar]

Thanks so much!

[@serenedelusions]

I got a good laugh at them as well haha

[@vratyasvakyas6022]

@@serenedelusions the rat's debut in NYC in the 1700's and the uptown and downtown rat had me rollin'

[@jschnei3]

Put uptown rat and downtown rat on your merch

[@georgevavoulis4758]

My father went to New York City to see if jobs were better there . Traveling inside a huge 1950s Caddilac the roads were so bumpy . The driver told dad and his friends " Oh no sir those are not potholes on the road . They are rats running across the street . My father and his friends went back to the hotel and took the first bus to airport and flew home . They said thank God for Canada 🇨🇦and never ever went back to NYC . I could only imagine the horror in their minds

[@cIeetz]

NYC might have more rats but they are still bad in British Columbia. Huge and nasty

[@officiallakervf4030]

😂im dying ova here in a nyc accent

[@Y_hass]

Ever been to Toronto? Vancouver? Montreal? Any major city has rat problems.

[@PumpkinPinkJuice]

Rats aren't scared of people anymore. They come out in the daytime like it's their place.

[@lance3451]

the 2 legged rats are worse than the 4 legged ones.

[@Oxmen33]

They can be vicous too, I've been bit by a full grown boa, a monitor lizard, stung by a scorpion, but the rat was by far the most painful and brutal. One single bite sheered the tip of my finger to the bone, absolutely mangled it.

[@abouttime5000]

Sounds like you need to think about what activities you are involved in to get these types of injuries. Must work in a pet store ?

[@truffle6082]

They teeth can chew through concrete .

[@skreety0455]

You forgot Rump!

[@skreety0455]

@@truffle6082 Locust Building Codes ......And Rats take after People .

[@steveblankenship5474]

I’m retired from doing commercial pest control and several times I would find a dead rat in a rat trap finding that it’s last act was to “bite” the trap and I could not even pull the teeth apart

[@esharenee4186]

I remember when I was a teen, I ran away from a clean foster home just to end up spending the night at my former boyfriends friend house in his sister room. I woke up to things jumping and crawling on me and I could see red eyes, I thought I was tripping. I couldn't sleep for the rest of the night. She was comfortable, she said they not gone hurt me. I never went over there again.

[@MS-tc2fs]

Just to clarify, it was common for that to happen in their household? How bad was the condition of the house? That’s how you get hantavirus and other diseases

[@esharenee4186]

@@MS-tc2fs it was very bad, rats everywhere. Their house was infected. I literally woke up to red eyes everywhere.

[@HaiderMichaels]

@@esharenee4186 Whattttt 😨how many rats are we talkin

[@kaylahreed8899]

@@esharenee4186 I’m sorry bro that’s funny as HELL.

[@dl30wpb]

Sure those red eyes weren't crack heads?🤣🤣

[@petep5207]

C'mon, guys...be honest...who else read the title and thought it was about NYC politicians and lawyers?

[@arisgemino]

i wouldnt put my hand up that square in the building knowing rats are there lol.

[@shipo2727]

I HOPE the dog owners DON'T let dogs lick em after catching rats... 🤢

[@genxer6928]

Yeah or when they eat dropping off rat or other dog’s animals yuck 🤮 don’t just don’t

[@Darkempress45]

I’ll bet a million dollars that they do. Hope those dogs are updated on their rabies shots 😢

[@BruceDragon-sf1tr]

When I see people doing that, I know they're a nasty individual. Who in their right fk mind going to kiss something that's all on the ground, licking a%% and sh%% , then kiss the animal...ugghh, just nasty

[@anthonynelson1187]

@@BruceDragon-sf1tr I see it everyday, once caught a dude jus lettin his dog go at it with his mouth in a parking garage. Ill never forget that.

[@aaronjames398]

Dogs have a natural bacteria in their mouths that cleans and sanitizes it. A dogs mouth is way cleaner than a humans mouth.

[@fernandop1]

*The main issue is the citizens do not cooperate enough that their hygiene become part of the problem*

[@extropiantranshuman]

I wouldn't blame the citizens - it's the businesses that hand out so much unnecessary items with a meal - bags, napkins, etc. to look amiable that they leave citizens with little choice whta to do.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

​@@extropiantranshumanboth are issues, obviously

[@tectamk.thorne7837]

My village (UK) had a large cat population, so rats are actually pretty rare here.

[@peter0x444]

A cat stands absolutely no chance vs the average brown rat, they can get enormous... plus their claws are sharp that's definitely not why, NYC has plenty of stray cats too

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Introducing one species to tackle another leads to a different type of the same problem

[@jimmyjohn6479]

obviously a village isn’t gonna have rats how are you even comparing a city with nearly 9 million people to a small village 😭

[@tectamk.thorne7837]

⁠@@peter0x444just had a look at the kind of rats in NYC… bloody hell.

[@williamcoulter5462]

Nearly as many as Glasgow Scotland

[@ericfedde]

Genuinely curious: is cheddar’s new voice over guy the same person that did voice overs for how it’s made?

[@1miguelcortes]

Different person, how it's made was narrated by Tony Hirst, this is narrated by Allen Farmer

[@dariel312]

Not sure I like this new Discovery Channel Documentary style videos narrated by some guy with a deep voice. It feels to distant from the actual person who did the research and seems to have a passion about the content.

[@cheddar]

​@@dariel312 Thanks for the feedback. It's something we are experimenting with! But don't worry, most of our videos will have the producers doing the delivery.

[@dariel312]

@@cheddar Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to read my feedback.

[@luisaguilar7311]

I mentioned something along the same lines the other day! It's good. Now do a dirty jobs type of thing. :)

[@diosmiolacreatura]

Having lived in NYC for most of my life, rats are just vibing. It's the roaches that are the menace.

[@radrook7584]

The NYC Landlord, this fellow who probably lived in the suburbs, refused to spend money fumigating. Told us if we didn't like it that we should move. This other landlord lady in Philadelphia argued that rats had as much right to live as anyone else because they were God's creatures.

[@thokozilemaseme8192]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣wow

[@sleepydaboss22]

9:18 that was badass 😎

[@HdHd-hp6qz]

NYC should introduce a zero tolerance on street littering and irresponsible waste disposal with a $250 on the spot fine for littering in public. Then make recycling compulsory. Plastic are never to be mixed with perishables by residents or face a fine by the councils.

[@robertcuminale1212]

I ived until I was 13 in a 6 family house in Brooklyn. Rats, Water Bugs and Roaches were a constant. We lived on the first floor just above the furnace. Pipes ran through the floors and ceilings to feed steam to the radiators. The rats would chew the wood around the pipes to make an opening into the apartment. My father would go to the furnace room and nail the tops of cans over the chewed out part. Then he'd go upstairs and fill the gap with steel wool and razor blades. Then he'd nail another piece of steel over the top of the opening. It would also keep out the water bugs. They lived in the furnace room because they like the heat. They were about 1.5 inches long with big mandibles that they used to catch their prey. When I worked in the South Bronx that was the worst. When you went in it looked like the walls were moving. You'd turn on your flashlight and see hundreds of them moving. We carried a hammer to smash them. Their shells were so hard that if you were wearing sneakers you couldn't kill them. It didn't matter how clean you were you had them.

[@Darkempress45]

Omg that sounds like a nightmare 😱

[@benjaminmarshall5071]

I didn’t want to go to New York City before, and now I never will.

[@grandmajane2593]

I lived in Newark a long time ago, strange we didn't have a rat problem. Could it be Newark was nicer than NYC? ha ha

[@NewHaven203]

Grandma jane no Newark is still pretty shitty lol

[@aliceharris1998]

Why don’t they use cyanide gas in the borrows? OR...Jiffy corn bread mix with baking soda elsewhere. Seems to me they don’t want to get rid of them.

[@laurenconrad1799]

Cheddar, I just want you to know I am loving this. So is my dad. We’ve both lived in the NY tristate area our entire lives. ❤️

[@mrt9781]

Oh snap! Saw the title and thought it was about politicians 😂😂

[@kangtawang-cr1im]

When I moved into my new house, there were a bunch of mice. So I had gotten 2 cats, and every morning a new dead mouse would be found 🤣

[@caesar7734]

Instead of getting rid of rats, we should get rid of food waste.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

Also harder to acess trash

[@broaddusmarines]

I used to work in NYC and Newark, NJ in the mid 2000s for a few weeks. I saw rats running around every day. I was disgusted while the local east coasters didn’t even flinch as they scurried by, even at the Chilis restaurant at the Newark airport. I have not seen even ONE rat while in Indianapolis. Btw, I was there when the rat stampede at that Manhattan bakery made news around the country.

[@cIeetz]

Flour/muffin/pancake mix with 1/2 baking soda kills them. get they gassy and die. search it up

[@Overlorddz]

I think if NYC has 10 plus million people and surrounded by water that the rat population would exceed it. I mean, Amsterdam has over 2 million rats and their population is only 800 000.

[@veenatamara4543]

I have NEVER seen a rat here Idk why

[@edenassos]

Most expensive garbage dump in the world.

[@hereigoagain5050]

My biggest surprise when I moved to Manhattan was the mountains of garbage everywhere.

[@muffinmonk]

No alleys. It’s impressive NYC is able to do this job every day at the same time, 24/7, 365

[@justayoutuber1906]

That was Trump Plaza

[@resireg]

@@muffinmonk NYC is incredibly filthy. They could totally have garbage bins instead

[@69metersbelow25]

Makes sense why there is so much rats . They have free food

[@Wraith26]

Not just plain rats but huge rats that are well fed not to mention the huge roaches.

[@baitcage6987]

Bait Cage Kit for Rat Traps works to quickly and safely eliminate invasive rats in New York City. Works with snap traps and includes irresistible bait to keep the rats feeding and get them caught.

[@aperson2943]

I thought people exaggerated when they talked about the size and numbers of rats until I started to visit. They are bigger than you think, and more of them than you think.

[@cIeetz]

ya same with in british columbia, they can really thrive where its never cold, same with spiders. They are freakishly large, like massive.

[@internetcensure5849]

@@cIeetz BC never cold? Check the temperatures from December to February. Rats can adapt to cold, and spiders are found in cold climates as well, like Wisconsin.