Rats York City Ecosystem by Samantha Muldoon https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8 By: Sammie Muldoon en-us 2020-06-10 14:32:18 UTC 2025-04-29 21:24:43 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the Problem? smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620836141 Over centuries of time there has been many growing problems in NYC. One of the biggest... rats! They are no pretty sight to see in the middle of the streets but they sure have created a home for themselves in the infamous city to be in. In fact there was over 19,152 complaints made about rats in 2018 alone! It is not just an inconvenience to have a rat as a roommate but they can also carry pathogens that can cause diarrhea vomiting and more. Rats also have a grasp on the other species in NYC, they are a common meal for animals like hawks, owls, and other birds but what these birds don't know is the rats can be highly poisonous and carry dozens of diseases. In fact more and more of these birds have made NYC a home for themselves because mice and rats are so freely available to eat. In the picture below you will see what you may commonly walk by if you ever take a trip to NYC.]]> 2020-06-10 14:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620836141 What is the cause? smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620875938 The reason why there are so many rats in New York City is because people give them the perfect environment for them to thrive. Littering is a huge factor, people tend to leave left overs or empty food boxed on sidewalks or open garbage's, that rats use these pieces of food for their meal and it is not hard to find, so why would they want to leave! ]]> 2020-06-10 14:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620875938 This is a perfect example of why rats thrive in New York City! They are getting a meal for a human all to themselves because people have an urge to litter. smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620884970 2020-06-10 14:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620884970 A solution smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620944229 The ultimate solution to lower the risk of rats infecting humans or other animals would be to get rid of them completely. There are many different thought processes and plans to finally end the madness. This includes a plan to try to get lure rats near food then trapping them in buckets of alcohol. Other plans include cementing dirt basements, buying better waste containers, and increasing trash pickup. This will help the problem because rats will not be able to thrive as much as they do now in these conditions but it will not work to completely make them extinct in the NYC area.]]> 2020-06-10 15:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620944229 smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620959732 This picture is the device being used to trap rats in baths of alcohol and drowning them to help eliminate them.]]> 2020-06-10 15:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620959732 Changes in the Ecosystem and Feeding Relationships smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620963474 Rats have affected the ecosystem in many ways. Rats have brought in more and more hawk to the city , when they arrived there were less rats for other animals to feed on. They created an environment where animals like hawks and owls would need to learn to adapt without them for they are a primary source of food. The whole ecosystem would be affected because of the feeding changes that would need to take place.  Them being extinct would also lead to what could be an over abundance of junk on the street. Most food that is littered is cleaned up by rats, without them the food would sit there for weeks. This would eventually lead to other health issues for the people and animals.]]> 2020-06-10 15:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620963474 smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620971862 You can see here a hawk having a rat for lunch. Once the rats are gone the hawks will need to find new sources of food (sorry for the graphics).]]> 2020-06-10 15:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620971862 Fun Facts about NYC smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620985332 ~NYC has the second most rats out of any city in the U.S.
~The rat population in NYC is 25% of the human population and about 8.4 million people live there.]]> 2020-06-10 15:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620985332 smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620995321 This is a map of all the rat sighting in NYC in 2018-2019.]]> 2020-06-10 15:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/620995321 Scientific Vocab smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621003282 Vocab words used above 
Ecosystem - a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Feeding Relationships - the complex of interactions that takes place in food selection, ingestion, and regulation behaviors.
Adapt - make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.
Pathogen - a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

]]> 2020-06-10 15:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621003282 Outbound Link smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621016767 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rats_in_New_York_City#:~:text=Rats%20can%20carry%20disease%2Dcausing,%2C%20typhus%2C%20and%20spotted%20fever.]]> 2020-06-10 16:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621016767 smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621027713 This is another picture of an animal that relies on rats for food, as you can see. Owls would go through the same effects as the hawk if rats were to no longer live in NYC.]]> 2020-06-10 16:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621027713 The link below will take you to a website with a video explaining an infection that rats caused that killed one person and made 2 others sick. smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621045736 https://6abc.com/leptospirosis-new-york-city-bronx-rat-urine/1756158/]]> 2020-06-10 16:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621045736 Voice over smuldoon1010 https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621076250 2020-06-10 16:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/smuldoon1010/teqlyhrqf4mcvcv8/wish/621076250