The most amazing sight was watching a swarm of thousands crossing a field heading for their winter quarters an old disused quarry filled with tons and tons of rubbish it was just at dusk and it was quite an eerie experience but one I will never forget

@RedNightDragon1

Жыл бұрын

I had a similar experience. I saw a constant stream of wild rats running along a railway wall, into a pub dumpster and back out again. They ranged from mouse-like to nearly cat-sized! The size range was remarkable as well as the rats' carefully co-ordinated movements.

@trevorsmiley7141

Жыл бұрын

Rats thrive with a large group of compatriots to forage and play with!

Beautiful! I love how athletic and smart they are.

Here in Burry Port, West Wales, when I was a boy of about seven or eight and the old wooden lock gates that kept seawater in the west dock were still standing, brown rats quite literally the size of small terriers nested there. They were so large, that when swimming, they left a noticeable wake behind them when the water wasn't windblown. I've never seen rats of that size since, despite having seen many rats during the last 56 years. Sadly, a former neighbour of mine died of Weil's disease, caught in the small river near to my home today, where he was employed by the local council to keep it free of driftwood etc. In my mother's house, rats had actually chewed through from an outer wall into an area where dog and cat food was stored. These animals are very tenacious and admirable in many ways but are cursed by their propensity for damage and terrible health consequences.

Lovely work. Absolutely nothing wrong with rats. I watch them in my garden happily eating side by side with pigeons and black birds. One of most impressive sights was one night when I saw one climbing up, then slithering down a slim tree right outside my window. He stopped and we were looking at each other for some time. I was really impressed with how healthy they are. Sleek, clean and in excellent health. It was keeping pet Chipmunks that opened me up to the beauty of rats as a fellow rodent. Incidentally, chipmunks have got to amongst the longest living small rodents about. My current ones are now 9 years old, my oldest have lived for eleven and half years. Like rats, they are extremely resilient and strong. Recovering from broken legs , large falls and all manner of injuries as they run freely around my house.

@billastell3753

Жыл бұрын

"Absolutely nothing wrong with rats" You would change your tune if a colony set up camp around your buildings. They chew holes in everything and burn buildings down by chewing electric wires. Like the man said one female can produce 60 young in a year. The young begin having their own babies in 3 months. It's simple math to find out in not many years you can have thousands swarming your and the neighbours yards. Along with destruction there are also the diseases they spread.

@francisjohnification

Жыл бұрын

@@billastell3753 I absolutely agree with you Mr Astell. They can be the most destructive, and filthy of creatures too. Both bold and aggressive. Luckily, my experiences with rats has been a positive one. I’m not an airy fairy animal lover that can’t see the opposite side of this situation. Looking at YOUR experience…. I would say kill the little buggers. 👍

@xay6q798

Жыл бұрын

until you get them inside your house breeding then good luck

@Rdr2449

9 ай бұрын

I’d disagree. I love watching them but I shoot them whenever they come in my garden because they decimate song birds

@keith_dark_savagethomas6385

9 ай бұрын

Hell Nah, I enjoy hearing them cry out in pain when they get trapped

Excellent factual video about these remarkable animals. Glad my footage was useful, and many thanks for the credit and promo. Cheers buddy! 👍🙂👍

@Developer-online

Жыл бұрын

brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Love them or hate them , they are actually the waste disposal experts of the animal Kingdom.

@draco_1876

Жыл бұрын

They’re extremely invasive and caused the extinction of numerous species

I've got a few brown rats that live below my lounge window. I put food on the window for them everyday and now they come for their food when I tap on the window.

I was host to one for some weeks. It was caught by my cat and escaped into the bathroom where I let it stay so I could watch it’s behaviour. I fed it several things, and off course I cleaned it’s litter. My Washingmachine was in there too and the day I found three pieces of Bread in the soapcompartement, I decided it was time for my guest to move one. It took two days before it found the way into the garden. It was quite interesting, and I can say they are quite friendly but avoiding people by nature when alone. And they are squatters to, even a washingmachine is habitable to them...

When I was in the army, there were rats as big as flaming cats in the Quartermaster's store

I see my fair share of these fellas being a binman 😅 I don't mind them, but they can make me jump when a dozen jump out the same bin. This happens more during the winter I guess they see wheelie bins as 5 star hotels.

@jpronan8757

Жыл бұрын

@Transplanted1 that's quite a story 😂 Yeah I'd say we'd get on an average about a dozen a day around town and their just the ones we can see. 👀

Love this channel, very informative

The brown rat has saved the lives of more humans than any other animal in human history - by displacing the plague-carrying black rat.

we have a brown rat that lives in next door's garden , he is very cheeky and steal the birds food

@AShotOfWildlife

9 ай бұрын

They are very cunning!

Poisoning rats is the worst thing people can do since they form an important part of the diets of many birds and small predatory mammals. Rats become immune to the poison, but the animals who keep them naturally in check don't adapt so well, and this means they die from ingesting poisoned rats. Poisoning is not an effective method of controlling rat populations, and it's far better to maintain woodlands, keep food litter off the streets, and encourage local environments that are welcoming to owls and other small raptors.

Another informative and interesting video,thanks.

Awesome footage and interesting video as always :-)

Excellent informative video Liam,,

Thank you Liam, For another well researched video Much obliged and best of luck too you

Really nice video. Thank you.

Thanks, interesting video!

Absolutely fascinating!

they are so cute!! amazing video :)

Brilliant video Liam, and very informative, especially about them being resist now to some poison,s to cull them,,

I have two rats that I watch on cctv at night in my garden. they're so fun to watch, I couldn't think of harming them. Such lovely creatures, it's just a shame they breed so rapidly. I think that's mainly what people don't like about them.

@peterolley7159

2 жыл бұрын

I love people like you I couldn’t kill a rat either or anything living infact

@mickbrown8537

Жыл бұрын

I shoot rats in the allotment. Just to keep them down. All shots are direct hits. They are fun to watch. Amazing animals. Shame they get out of control fast.

@BillSikes.

Жыл бұрын

They're a menace, they spread all kinds of filthy diseases

@l.b.fulatryxthenarcoleptic8120

Ай бұрын

I have a couple (or 3 or 4 😆) in my garden too. I think they're cute, people complain about rats all the time but they clean up after the birds! I don't have a problem with them at all.

Thank you for informing about the possible size of a rat. I saw an enormous rat in Nice, France whilst on a school stay. My school friends and I were so scared. we ran back to our teacher. Our teacher told us to shout and make as much noise as possible to scare the rat as we walked back to our dorm - I do not think it was particularly scared. It seemed to observe us with some amusement. Later on when I shared about the size of the rat no one believed me.

excellent. have a nice day thanks for beautiful sharing stay connected

They’re really good climbers, I saw one shimmying up the drainpipe on my house a few weeks back. Luckily I’ve not seen it since. Hopefully it’s living it’s best rat life in a field somewhere.

@wendywhales2310

Жыл бұрын

unless it is in your Roof.??.

I own a pest control company in Los Angeles that specializes in Rodent control and this video was 100% accurate in its content, great job in presenting the facts….

@petercutting6126

Жыл бұрын

Wow, rats in LA! Do they have them in Montecito?

@ratfinder7812

Жыл бұрын

@@petercutting6126 yes, very infested area, all of California is infested

@petercutting6126

Жыл бұрын

@@ratfinder7812 Thanks for that RF. Then perhaps in UK, we should be worried about Megan Markle , Duchess of Sussex & her husband Prince Harry & 2 small children. Maybe they will call you out?

@ratfinder7812

Жыл бұрын

@@petercutting6126 lol I have already worked on one her best friends homes here in Los Angeles. But yeah I hear you, what a disgrace embarrassment to the royal family

@petercutting6126

Жыл бұрын

@@ratfinder7812 👍

I've had a number of fancy rats as pets over the yeas. I loved them, but their lives are so short. It's heart-breaking to lose one.

@mariabrett6712

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is I keep rats as pets I love both domestic and wildies

@patricianunes3521

10 ай бұрын

Rats are actually clean animals. They also seem to wee a lot as well. I had a friend who had several rats. The males in one cage females in another. W

@patricianunes3521

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Liam for this very informative video 😁👍🏽👍🏽

Brown rats worst mistake was getting a bad press agent. Lovely animals, intelligent, and affectionate. Useful too

@georgearmstrong9106

Жыл бұрын

what good do they do

@themanftheworld8439

Жыл бұрын

They spread disease.

i love your videos steven

We had a few of these from local farmland which ran around our gardens scavenging from the bird feeders. None of us feed the birds anymore which is quite sad. We had to get the local council in to deal with the problem.

Rats are cool animals super smart. I do take my jack Russell out to catch them but I do respect them. Nice video

@deborahtoupin6800

2 жыл бұрын

My jack- mix is a good ratter too-even killed a few pet rats- but it isn't as cruel as poison, nor is it bad for other animals the way poison is...

@whitecloudmountainminnowpr6353

Жыл бұрын

@@deborahtoupin6800 yeah poisoning them is horrible

I hate rats but I love this channel Brilliant

So for the past few months now ive being putting food out to attract brids to my garden. ive had such grate success to the point i can call them with a certain whistle tune i made up, however a byproduct to this has also being that the den of rats that have lived in a bush at the bottom of my garden for around 21 years (that i know of) have also learnt that the whistle means food, and now everytime i call a rat will run up the garden gab some food and go back. i think it's kinda adorable to be honest. we have notice more foxers and birds of pray too. oh and off topic those two eagles are seen alot flying over the feild by my home. i have a video but its not that good but you can still id them by the way they are flying, there was only one a few week ago but now two

@AShotOfWildlife

Жыл бұрын

How funny. I think, for the most part Rats arent too much of an issue as long as they dont come into the house. This shows how clever they are though and is exactly why they have managed to colonise the world so well! Cheers!

@user-directx

Жыл бұрын

@@AShotOfWildlife Smarter than pets, it will monitor what items you use frequently. It knows that it cannot be eaten. It simply destroys or steals it to attract attention. The purpose is to trade food. After giving it food, it stops destroying items and returns them. little rogue😂

@janemcfadden4801

7 ай бұрын

​@@AShotOfWildlifewhoah ! They're destroying my garden Shed, two wooden fences ,grab rails ( I'm disabled) I have a problem with my stuff being destroyed To the fact that I'm packing up and leaving - just like the last tenant did If your garden is unusable - it's awful 😢 I get they can live under hedges / bushes etc But once they've multiplied several times our gardens are doomed

My air rifle loves rats.

@AShotOfWildlife

2 жыл бұрын

Quality input...

@SiAnon

2 жыл бұрын

@@AShotOfWildlife Yep, the input of a .22 pellet into the head of a rat from a rifle.

@black5f

2 жыл бұрын

It's a good video, I agree the are clever and industrious, but we back onto fields and have a huge rat issue. They spread disease, and basically destroyed my shed burrowing. I hate poison because it's quite ineffective and the raptors take the bodies getting it into the food chain. Humane control is an air rifle. I have shot ones with bodies longer than my foot and weigh a pound or more, crawling with fleas, lice and ticks. We have badgers, foxes, bunnies, hares, muntjacs come in to visit, but far too many rats.

@SiAnon

Жыл бұрын

@@black5f I've shot and killed them measured a lot of them with the help of a 9 inch house brick. Most nose to arse (not including tail) hang over the ends of the brick. They then get chucked over a fence into a railway embankment for whatever whildlife to eat them. They end up in the food chain but by a different route.

Fantastic video! Some females can actually start to reproduce as early as 5 weeks! It's more common in the domestica version (fancy rats, but the same species) because in the beginnings of breeding rats as domesticated animals we tried to breed for earlier reproduction

I’ve had rats in the house and up in the roof and cavity walls. No idea how they get in, been round everything sealing it up completely. Had to get rid of them but there’s more in the compost bin at the bottom of the garden They re fine,they stay! Smart animals and I’ve got nothing but respect for them.

I'm a lover myself, ironically when I was younger I worked in pest control and developed a real administration for the adaptability of these amazing animals.

@AShotOfWildlife

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, another person who used to do pest control told me of their admiration for them too. I guess you have to be pretty tenacious to survive where Rats have managed to!

@hazzardoutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

@@AShotOfWildlife ah yes admiration you see what I was aiming for... take care my friend

@dexadrinepancake

Жыл бұрын

@@hazzardoutdoors autocorrect or what l like to call 'autocorrupt' at work.

@hazzardoutdoors

Жыл бұрын

@@dexadrinepancake yes indeed. Something to make us constantly proof read, or feel the consequences 🤔

Ratatouille! 🤣

@rattus3102

2 жыл бұрын

🤣👍 I love rats, and i love that movie! 🐀🐀🐀🥰

@squizitzithatsitalianforyu4782

Жыл бұрын

Squizitzi

Lots of the problems that people have with rats is down to people not thinking if you do not want rats in your garden the first thing to do is not to put food out for the birds if you have a bird table the first thing that birds tend to do it drop the food off the table. if you do not want the rats to come into your house then make shore that you block any ways that they can get in if you do this then you can live in peace with rats my moto in life is live and let live if they do not harm me I will not harm them.

@SiAnon

2 жыл бұрын

My garden backs on to a railway line and a small river,. trust me, these little fuckers turn up in the garden when there is nothing for them to eat at all. Although sometimes i put peanut butter out for them and shoot them in the head. Luckily i've only had 2 coming into the garden in the last couple of years due to the rest dying of lead poisoning.

Rats can be a very big problem and I’ve had lots of trouble with them in the past, eating them chicken feed and eggs. Thankfully the cats and other local predators seem to be taking their toll and I haven’t seen or had any problems with rats this year

Nice work Son ❤

The "buck" and "doe" names for tiny rats always makes me laugh a bit. All I picture are deer that are like 100x bigger than them xD

They're OK if they aren't in the house. I used peppermint oil to repel them, and it worked.

I love rats ❤️

Aweosmo footage and nice subject

i saw one climbing up a Hollyhock stalk once

I got a smart rat running around in my attic but my landlord don't want it in the house lol I guess Master Splinter have to go back to his ninja turtles.

I love the ears!

@tinamariewoehler649

Жыл бұрын

My girl is big.

Yep, i had a 500 gram female rat until 2 weeks ago when she passed away, one of my others is 650 grams now, but thats due to mammary tumours, my rat probably only weighs 325 grams, the other half is swollen lumps female rats are unfortunately prone to mammary tumours

On my garden, the funniest thing was when I saw a rat running on a magpie and squirrels

I work in the english countryside and have always been under the impression that a doe rat can breed from only 4 weeks. Rats also eat each other 💀💀

@highdownmartin

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve had a trap go off and thought I didn’t catch one. But there was a jawbone left underneath the bar. Caught about four over that week A few nights later I could hear a lot of squealing and thumping like they were fighting. I expected to have caught one, but next day the trap is baited and unsprung. They were warning each other off!

Excellent vid. Informative and balanced. My fav animal is the brown rat😊

@AShotOfWildlife

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

They also carry numerous diseases such as Leptospirosis, Weils disease, Salmonella, Listeria, Toxoplasma the list goes on. If I see these in my garden I dispatch them quickly with my air rifle.

@dexadrinepancake

Жыл бұрын

Weil's disease, is, of course, rodent leptospirosis.

white wine for brown rats, red wine for black.

Great video. You can get rat food with contraceptives in them. It is only available in the USA. Does anyone know of something similar in the UK? I havent been able to find anything.

Couldn't we feed them food that include compounds to sterilize them?

Recognised some of the footage as being taken at RSPB Rainham. Got some good pictures there myself.

The only thing i give rats, is a .22 lead pellet.

Hi Liam, good for you for counting brown rats as British wildlife, which they are and not pests -- pests is a human concept. Yes, they're controversial because they aren't understood. And humans are the most controversial, by far! We have (my wife and I) been keeping domesticated pet rats for over 25 years and they are indeed very intelligent! They can easily be trained to do a good number of things, like skateboarding and painting. Shout-out to all the rat fans out there!

@AShotOfWildlife

Жыл бұрын

Cheers.

@kryska367

Жыл бұрын

👍

They're on my bird feeder with the birds plus a squirrel 😂only seen 2 so far 😬

I hate rats and it was hard for me to watch this video but thank you it was very informative

@anthonyharris478

2 жыл бұрын

I hate rats too. And I feel the same It's hard for me to watch the video cuz I want to kill them. They carry tons of diseases filthy annoying and just gross. I have fantasies of hunting them with a 22 caliber rifle or a very strong pellet rifle. I have no sympathy for them as far as I'm concerned they all must die.

@mariabrett6712

Жыл бұрын

Rats are beautiful creatures very intelligent and clean I've kept them as pets 6 0 plus years I've even raised wildies

@paulannable3734

Жыл бұрын

@@bilston-rav2432 Rattist.

@LiamGutierrez

Жыл бұрын

@@mariabrett6712 exactly, best little pets ever !

@anthonyharris478

Жыл бұрын

@@mariabrett6712 maybe it's a domestic rats are clean but not the wild ones

Сладкие носы) ❤

When I moved away from the city into the countryside I noticed the rats were almost twice the size! This year is the first year in more than 8 years where I have not seen any rat activity around my ducks and vegetables! Although I've caught 50+ mice this year! Usually never get mice only voles!

@antheabarrett4541

Жыл бұрын

My dog loves them in a bad way tho he's so mean

Great animals. I think people judge these fellas too quickly. I encountered a mother with babies and I think they are intelligent animals. Apparently they are more intelligent than humans. Let's respect them. Great video 🌄

@richardbrown8099

Жыл бұрын

I asked one a question once, he didn't answer, so perhaps not.

@ruthyarrow

11 ай бұрын

“more intelligent than humans “ ? Where’s this come from , please ? Never heard this before . Intelligent… yes , definitely .They really need to be thoroughly studied in a scientific manner . I found and picked up a small young one in my garden ….the size of a mouse . He was so playful and after a little handling appeared to smile with glee when I stroked his belly ! He even returned to my hand when placed back on the ground and showed a great deal of trust .

You failed to explain what the 'scaly tail' actually performs., it is a 'heat exchange machine' allows for cooling & heat gathering by the animal's body. Rats also cannot sweat or vomit.

Am totally fed up of the all the negativity and abhorrence people have towards these magnificent and very underrated snd misunderstood lovely crestures, wish humans were more educated and less stupid.

You Could Tell A Ghost Story Really Well.

I don't mind them but now they are invading my home. I can hear them in the walls and they are loud! One built a nest under my dishwasher and ate parts of it so I had to get a new one and take special care by adding steel wool around the entry part. I doubt that will work. I won't use poison since bird of prey eat them. Any ideas on how I can get them to stay away from my house?

More rats than people in the UK, crazy.

I often see dozens of them down near the river. Occasionally I get them in my garden. I used to keep domestic rats, so I like seeing them.

@rattus3102

2 жыл бұрын

I love rats too, had some pet rats years ago. It's sad they don't got very old, and often die of cancer. My oldest rat was a very big female, she was about 4 years when she died.

@baldyhead

2 жыл бұрын

@@rattus3102 yes it is sad they don't live long: that's the main reason I stopped keeping them. Nearly all mine had large tumors and had to be put to sleep by the vet. It's been 30 years or more since I kept them, but I still have all the equipment.

@rattus3102

2 жыл бұрын

@@baldyhead That was also the reason for me not to keep rats anymore. I had the tumors removed from 2 of my rats, one died after coming out of anesthesia, the other got some kind of stroke afterwards. 😥 So surgery was not such a good option. I had to put almost all the others to sleep at the vet, when their tumors got too big. It's really a shame because they are such sweet and intelligent pets! 🐀🐀🐀🥰

@swansong5263

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome to the ones in my garden! They terrify me!

@mariabrett6712

Жыл бұрын

@@swansong5263 they are very timid will not hurt you

My cat brings home rat presents.

Theres a rat hole on a patch of grass area directly next to my house. People dump food scraps there all the time and the rats scurry out to eat the food hidden among the accompanying pigeons 🤢

We have rats in our garden & there is more of them , they are so cute ,one day Danny ( he was the only one then ) the name from Danny who was the tunnel king from The Great Escape film ) because he started to make tunnels 5 of them when we noticed 2020 on lock down , we did our back garden ,new shed ,plants , bird table ...then birds came & seed every were , he loved that ,then more rats etc ..so now i am thinking i have to stop feeding the birds ,squirrels because they throw seed all over & Danny & his mob love going mooching around even during the day ..i don't want them dead but next doors might not think of the same as me ...one day i went to the bottom were they can hide & i saw 3 or 4 they looked at me i looked at them ..then Danny stood behind them to show me his family ...he was so proud ..i wish i had a camera then to take their picture ...but i have to stop feeding any animal now which is so sad .

I have 10 wild roof rats as pets. i rescued them when they were babies.

They. Are good moving targets,,,,,?

I just smashed one with a shovel 👍😁

@0:30, I don’t know, but the brown rat, and the black rat, occupy totally different habitats.

👍

Can you make longer. Videos there over to quick

are they being kept in labs?

They look like beavers in the water. Beavers are a modified rat actually.

They usually run for the senate or congress………

I think rats are really intresting.. My fiance caught one once,she kept it for a day or two & fed it then released it..they are like mini kangaroos 🤣😂🤣😂.. They are really intresting..we have got quite a few where we live..

Nice video, used to find rats 🐀 creepy something about the tail lol, i' m fine now they very robust animal

I'm always a bit confused that nature would evolve an animal to being intelligent but that only lives for a year What's the point?

@highdownmartin

2 жыл бұрын

It breeds five times and will produce 60 young. That’s the point.

@grai

2 жыл бұрын

@@highdownmartin that explains it lol shame the poor rat can't live a bit longer tho

I have 2 fancy rats the broen one weighs 1 kg

What is their most common nesting place?

@SiAnon

2 жыл бұрын

With the help of an air rifle that would be erm..........hell.

@mariabrett6712

Жыл бұрын

Usually under ground or in buildings

@terrystevens5261

Жыл бұрын

Under my shed.

Back once more with a note re use of poison .As has been stated many are immune to poison (hope so ) However the accepted bird of prey and any rat haters cats will not feel better for eating poison should they kill a rat that has survived the consumption . Rats are very shy re humans ( I wonder why ) They live near by with a flock of sparrows No killing Help act as look outs ...They are related to that much loved animal the squirrel ,interesting to see how a fluffy tail works wonders :)

I live in a pleasant suburban area and my cat is a great ratter. He prefers young ones which he eats whole, but I did once find the front half of a huge adult which from a distance I took for an adult grey squirrel. I only realised it was a rat when I got close enough to see the head.

I have a dilema. I always feed the wild birds and hedgehogs in my garden, but now have rats. Whilst i think they are kind of cute looking, they also freak me out. There is no way i could ever poison them or harm them, but my house is up for sale and i really just want them to move on. Obviously i know i need to stop feeding the birds & hedgehogs now, but is there anything else i can do?

I think it is the association with bubonic plague that makes people recoil so much from rats. I once did exactly that after I put my hand in a litter bin and felt a rat in there, but in reality it was no threat to me at all.

@debbieporter8610

Жыл бұрын

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🤔WUNDERVOLLE TIERE, ICH LIEBE EUCH..... RATTEN👍❣️❣️❣️❣️ LGheike_v.P.....🌹

They are intelligence beasts, but prefer not to have them in my area Jacq

I hate rats, they're so destructive animals.

@simongray2533

Жыл бұрын

The irony of that statement being made by a human! 🤣🤣

they are ever so nice ?

@AShotOfWildlife

Жыл бұрын

I don't think I said that in the video lol

In behavioural experiments with rats it has been demonstrated that they are one of the few species on the planet that show empathy towards each other.

brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Horrible things,had them in my attic.