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A Smoking Rat, a Ride on the ‘Cockroach Express’ and other News
There have been three quite uncommon news regarding pests in the first week of December. A pet rat, with a taste for nicotine caused a fire with a cigarette; passengers on the Geetanjali Express from Howrah to Mumbai have to suffer hundreds of cockroaches on the 30 hour train ride and there is a single man for Plague prevention in Mumbai.
Of Bamboo and Rats – Flowers and Famines
Every few decades, there is a synchronic bamboo flower all across India, during which a large ammount of protein rich seeds is dispersed. These seeds serve as a basis for a rapid rodent breeding; once the food source of bamboo seeds is exhausted, millions of hungry bandicoot rats flood the fields and leave nothing for the farmers. A famine is unavoidable.
Students’ Furry Fury Over Rat Curry
A rat’s head found in a chicken curry created a major uproar yesterday. The rat was discovered by a student dining at Rajshahi University in western Bagladesh, sparking a flash of angry demonstrators calling for action to be taken against the chef.
The Pest Game
A fun way to increase your knowledge about pests is to learn while playing and enjoying. Rentokil India has designed a card game that allows exactly this fun way of learning
Rat bites in ‘private’ parts, human eating pests and vice versa