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[Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>]

Michelle Horner wrote:
" I think we'll
even sacrifice the baby birds to the newst consideration: feline stalkers."

I have never personally witnessed it...but the word said that only some house 
cats kill rats differently than house cats kill mice.

They say the cat stays a little back from the rat, and uses its paws to beat 
the rat senseless, like a boxer.  Only after the rat is incapable of defense 
will the cat close to kill.  Makes sense:
German Shepard: 400 lbs/square inch biting power, Rat:  2,000 lbs/Square inch 
biting power.

NATO ships visited Boston.  The mooring ropes to the pier had a curious 
funnel shaped device in the middle of the rope.  After thinking awhile, I 
realized it was a rat barrier.

Charlie Paradise