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Wild Metropolis
Rats Use Their Skills to Become the Ultimate Urban Animal
With a unique set of skills and abilities rats have become possibly the ultimate urban animal, able to survive in the cracks of our cities with such ease that they now live with us on every continent of the world other than Antarctica.
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As cities grow, animals are displaced. Witness their stories of conflict and resolution.
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Follow animals as they travel in and out of cities for food, shelter and to start family.
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Discover the extraordinary ways wildlife is making itself at home in the world’s cities.