Rats

boardinwork

So there i was Monday morning, walking to work and i decided to take the little Canal wooden bridge thing opposite Portobello College to cross the Canal. Its a 3 foot wide bridge so you have to kind of walk sideways.

Anyway, a giant cat like RAT jumps onto the other end - about 6 feet away and walks calmly towards me. I held on to both sides of the bridge and put my feet up in the air and the fat bastid strutted under me, shaking his big arse in the air without a worry in the world.

I have to say they're my biggest phobia. They just disgust me. Has anybody else noticed that DUBLIN rats are getting too big and cocky?!:mad:

Ulysses Gaze

It's the wealth.....breeds arrogance

Once an economic downturn happens, they'll know their roll again....:D

SlinkyToo

why are you afraid of them?

biko

boardinwork wrote: »

Has anybody else noticed that DUBLIN rats are getting too big and cocky?!:mad:

Are we talking Dub rats only or can other counties join in?
Actually, I've yet to see one here (Galway) although I'm sure they're there, in the dark, waiting...

patrickc

I dislike rats too, as much as pigeons, dirty dirty creatures.

odyssey06

Same thing is happening with crows, they're fecking huge... no cat is going to take a fully-grown one no now so they've escaped their predator control.

We're gonna need a bigger predator...

delta_bravo

Rats?! Near a Canal!!!!! What!

boardinwork

patrickc2006 wrote: »

I dislike rats too, as much as pigeons, dirty dirty creatures.

How can you dislike them "as much" as pigeons? They're so much worse :mad:

The_B_Man

biko wrote: »

Are we talking Dub rats only or can other counties join in?
Actually, I've yet to see one here (Galway) although I'm sure they're there, in the dark, waiting...

dublin forum!!

has it gotten to the stage where the canal is too filthy that the rats would rather cross the bridge than swim across it?

_blank_

Heh, I was walking from Grafton St to the Luas stop one morning last week, and |I saw three decapitated pigeons.

How I laughed.

Dun laoire

"Hairy Japanese Bastards"

KTRIC

Pffft :rolleyes: That's nothing.


I was mugged by one of those little f**kers about 2 weeks ago. They're getting a bit more than cocky to be honest.

patrickc

boardinwork wrote: »

How can you dislike them "as much" as pigeons? They're so much worse :mad:

rats generally keep out of sight, pigeons keep flying or walking towards you and don't move out of your way.

patrickc

The_B_Man wrote: »

dublin forum!!

has it gotten to the stage where the canal is too filthy that the rats would rather cross the bridge than swim across it?

they can't get wet didn't you know or they turn into gremlins.

Driver 8

Rats are the best, they make excellent chefs

dodgyme

big post on this in nature section.

boneless

I think it was an otter...:p

joseph brand

I work in Intel. Rats here are rewarded by their bosses, and hated by their colleagues.

Maybe the OP had to deal with a Rat in work?? :rolleyes:

lucyburn

Rat really really terrifie me, although i've never actually seen one in the flesh (apart from pictures and television)

I have seen a few mice up close, ugh horrible creatures.

galwayrush

Reminds me of some crank claiming that if we use Rats Milk instead of Cattle's, we could save the Planet.:eek::D

Clare Bear

galwayrush wrote: »

Reminds me of some crank claiming that if we use Rats Milk instead of Cattle's, we could save the Planet.:eek::D

Leave Heather alone!!!

I fooking HATE rats!!! Ahhhhh nasty, disgusting little creatures!

marcsignal

Worked in Rentokil for 6 Years in the 90's and had to service Abattoirs and Meat Packing Plants etc. in South Dublin.

One place in Ringsend, close to the East Link Bridge (Now Gone) was Unreal ! At the time we were treating it, the Company were in the process of moving out to a new premises in Ballymount. Because of this they were just using the place to store and process Meat Offal. Needless to say the Rats were HUGE !!:eek:

There was no electricity in the Warehouses, because the Rats had chewed up all of the wiring, and when we wen't in at night to treat the production area it was like something from a Stephen King movie, there were HUNDREDS of them running all around you.

We had to park the van in the middle of the warehouse with the main beams on as our only source of light, bar whatever torch you had. I will NEVER Forget it !

Put me off eating meat for a few months.

Cheeky_gal

boardinwork wrote: »

So there i was Monday morning, walking to work and i decided to take the little Canal wooden bridge thing opposite Portobello College to cross the Canal. Its a 3 foot wide bridge so you have to kind of walk sideways.

Anyway, a giant cat like RAT jumps onto the other end - about 6 feet away and walks calmly towards me. I held on to both sides of the bridge and put my feet up in the air and the fat bastid strutted under me, shaking his big arse in the air without a worry in the world.

I have to say they're my biggest phobia. They just disgust me. Has anybody else noticed that DUBLIN rats are getting too big and cocky?!:mad:

LOL! Great image...

Zzippy

biko wrote: »

Are we talking Dub rats only or can other counties join in?
Actually, I've yet to see one here (Galway) although I'm sure they're there, in the dark, waiting...

They're watching you Biko, just biding their time....

galwayrush

Galwayguy99 wrote: »

They're watching you Biko, just biding their time....

They are there, friend of mine was working on the Mutton Island treatment plane when they first started building it, he described the Rats as being as big as Cats.;)

'Ol Jack Chance

i always see HUGE rats at my luas stop. Their always looking for "hostel" money.

Gavin "shels"

boardinwork wrote: »

So there i was Monday morning, walking to work and i decided to take the little Canal wooden bridge thing opposite Portobello College to cross the Canal. Its a 3 foot wide bridge so you have to kind of walk sideways.

Anyway, a giant cat like RAT jumps onto the other end - about 6 feet away and walks calmly towards me. I held on to both sides of the bridge and put my feet up in the air and the fat bastid strutted under me, shaking his big arse in the air without a worry in the world.

Ah the oul rats of the canal, often walking down along the canal with my mates. If we get bored usually pick up a few rocks and try hitting them:D between 5 of us we killed one over about 10 times we've walked down there:mad:

Seems to be loads nowdays especially between Portebello bridge and Harolds Cross bridge and also down by the Gardai Station near the Hilton Hotel at Charlemont luas stop.

Muff_Daddy

SlinkyToo wrote: »

why are you afraid of them?

Leptospirosis I'd presume.

marcsignal

Just to reassure you OP, ok I know Rats are not nice to see, and give loads of peole the jitters, but that old myth about them going for your throat is cobblers, seriously. Like I said above, I worked in Rentokil for 6 years in close quarters, and in confined spaces with Rats, and was never once attacked by one.

Theyre acutally quite clean themselves, but because of where they live (sewers, and drains, etc) they contimanite 90% more food than they eat, so yes, Muff Daddy's right, disease is a much bigger risk than being bitten.

Having said all that, I hate them.