Ask the Appeal: Why Aren't There More Rats In SF?
Katherine Linden @ed us, asking How come there aren't rats in SF? I hate NYC, rats everywhere. Luis A. Agurto Jr., president of Bay...
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cedichou said:
January 21, 2010 11:51 AM
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A rat jumped at me at caltrain's 22nd st station. It was hidden in the trash bin and freaked out when I dumped something. There are plenty of mice at Rossi playground. Kids drop their birthday party pizza and feed a mice family for a week.
Becca Klarin said:
January 21, 2010 3:06 PM
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The garden and outside areas of Yerba Buena Gardens has a mouse problem, though. At night, they scurry along the paths, and it's quiet squeaky. Er, creepy.
John Murphy said:
January 21, 2010 4:20 PM
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There are plenty of rats for my taste here - we had one crawl into our heating ducts and die last year. And don't get me started on the raccoons....
Eve Batey said:
January 22, 2010 8:44 AM
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Ask Tim Ehhalt about the skunk that crawled in his family's garage and died when he was a kid in the Outer Mission. It is quite a dramatic story, there are accents and everything.