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When you're doing this, please be careful to pick up the leftover peanuts. One of our neighbors does this and our property is constantly being invaded by rats w
by jschwartzi 5y ago
When you're doing this, please be careful to pick up the leftover peanuts. One of our neighbors does this and our property is constantly being invaded by rats who are attracted to her discarded peanuts.
- hackeraccount 5y agoI live in a medium sized city and I see people throwing bread on the ground "for the pigeons." The pigeons eat maybe 75% - the rest is for the rats. Drives me up a wall.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoIn my hometown (Kraków), pigeons are considered to be rats with wings... but they're also sort of a symbol, because to this day they flock around the city's main square. Possibly because we used to feed them there. When I was a kid, old ladies would sell grain in plastic cups for people to throw to the pigeons. The moment you poured some grain on your hand, you were suddenly surrounded by a hundred birds. It was an attraction for both tourists and children. I haven't seen that practiced in a decade or more, I suppose feeding the pigeons became illegal at some point.
- peanut_worm 5y agoAdditionally because peanuts can grow botulism very quickly if they get damp