As Ananova reports:
Rats the size of dogs which can even eat through concrete are threatening to plunge parts of Montenegro into darkness.
Workers at a hydroelectric power station on the River Piva say they are too scared to tackle rodents who are also gnawing their way through cables.
One worker told the local daily newspaper Vijesti: "They are horrific. Coming face to face with a rat the size of a small dog is terrifying. We're all too scared to go inside the power station.
"There are thousands of them and they have eaten through all the cables inside the dam walls and are burrowing lots of holes inside it. We are afraid the dam might collapse. We have no idea how to deal with them."
Local authorities are meeting to try and find a way to deal with the giant rats.
They need to scatter about some bags of dog food... the kind made with Chinese wheat gluten.. problem solved.
Posted by: Jake | May 01, 2007 at 09:13 AM
Jake, you're over my head. What is it about wheat gluten that rats have to fear?
Posted by: gail | May 01, 2007 at 09:57 AM
Its was the chemicals on the wheat gluten imported from China and used in the manufacture of scores of brands of pet food that have killed dogs and cats across the country over the last couple months. Sounds more effective than the cyanide filled rat hotels they scatter around here...
Posted by: Jake | May 01, 2007 at 12:31 PM
O-kay. I just read the headlines and said, never mind, our dogs don't eat that stuff.
Posted by: gail | May 01, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Or they could use anti-freeze, it's sweet tasting and toxic. Or coca cola or alka seltzer, since rats can't burp.
Posted by: Rob B. | May 01, 2007 at 01:49 PM