Desperate rats turning into 'cannibals' and even eating their own babies due to coronavirus starvation

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Desperate rats turning into 'cannibals' and even eating their own babies due to coronavirus starvation
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RATS across the world are having to turn to cannibalism as the coronavirus pandemic has left them hungry. This is according to rodent experts who found that the creatures are turning to drastic mea…

RATS across the world are having to turn to cannibalism as the coronavirus pandemic has left them hungry.

"And those rats that were living by that restaurant, some place nearby, and perhaps for decades having generations of rats that depended on that restaurant food, well, life is no longer working for them, and they only have a couple of choices." "So these rats are fighting with one another, now the adults are killing the young in the nest and cannibalizing the pups."Now rats across the globe are in a survival of the fittest situation.Some packs turn on each other and eat the weak if no food can be found.In Washington DC pest control has been deemed essential and feral casts are even being used to tackle rats.

Spiders – in the majority of cases of spider cannibalism it's a female spider that eats a male before, during, or after sex

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