Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them survive . . . in some ways, you could call New York City an extreme environment,” said neuroscientist and study co-author Emily Mackevicius, co-founder and senior research scientist at Basis Research Institute of New York.
NYC rats travel in packs of up to 20, and even help each other find food in the concrete jungle, the scientists found. “They’re pretty tough, adaptable and smart. There are a lot of parallels between the character of the rats and New Yorkers as people.”
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