Just wondering, cause otherwise that's just pretty sick!
2007-09-10 05:20:28 · 35 answers · asked by SPMZ 2 in Pets ➔ Rodents
depends are you talking animal or human???
animal maybe however does underneath you count??
and for human well isn't that the standard ratio?
2007-09-10 05:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by Blessed Rain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I'm pretty sure that's true, but why pick London?
I was working on a contract in Cumbria (a long way from London)
I had rented a small ground floor flat I finished work settled down to watch TV , some ghost programme , I had my usual tipple in my hand a large vodka!
The TV was interesting , I heard a scratching noise coming from a built in cupboard on the wall!
As I glanced at it two massive black rats came running out!
I shi* a brick junmped up in the air, spilt my drink threw my glass at them , they did a runner and disappeared back into the cupboard!
I had nothing in the place suitable for rat disposal but I found the hole and poured bleach down it, I needed a few more vodkas before I went to bed, then I wrapped myself up well in quilts etc and made sure all my 'dangly bits' were well tucked in!
I called the landlord the next day, he said "Oh yes we have many of those around here, they live under the pavement and some times get in"!!!!
I moved that very day.
So I have no wish to scare you but we are surrounded by the bloody things.
Is that a scratching noise I can hear in your wall??
It is not just London.
2007-09-10 07:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by budding author 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly.
The statistic is based on averages. If you take all the rats in London and spread them out evenly, they'd be about 10 metres apart - meaning that you'd never be more than 5 metres away from one.
2007-09-10 05:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by mark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More like you're never more than 5 metres away from an immigrant. I'd prefer the rat.
2007-09-11 02:53:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, that's a statistic and I'm sure there are exceptions, but what they're saying is generally true. In the walls, sewers, trash, etc. there will be rats! London's urban setting and weather patterns make it a great place for rats to live.
2007-09-10 05:25:46 · answer #5 · answered by BZR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're never more than 5 metres away from a rat wherever you are. Our school is filled with them! Sick, I know.
2007-09-10 05:24:24 · answer #6 · answered by Poppy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever the actual distance the general principle that we are never far from a rat is true.
Mostly straight down under your feet in sewers and such like.
I don't believe London is going to be unique in this respect either.
2007-09-10 05:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by 203 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're everywhere. If you are in a tube station, have a look down at the track (stay behind that yellow line now...) and you'll likely see some down there. Even in the suburbs you get rats at the stations, I saw one at Rickmansworth the other day, running along the platform.
2007-09-10 05:29:09 · answer #8 · answered by ashypoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to tell you this but that's probably true of all major cities and towns. Rats live in the sewers close to man - they have colonized all the continents like us - where humans go they go. They are masters of survival. So yes it's probably true. And not to scare you but somewhere close by there's a rat colony next to your home.
2007-09-10 06:03:57 · answer #9 · answered by Scarlet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you are never more than five metres away from a drain, or garbage bin.
But really, the poor things are just trying to survive.
2007-09-10 22:49:28 · answer #10 · answered by treemeadow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you like them I would get two cats you'll never have a rat near your home/flat, I'm writien from London Canada and we have rats but not like that ( I think) but I have two cats and have never seen a rat in my area. Good luck yucky thought though.
2007-09-10 05:34:59 · answer #11 · answered by Pearl N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋