![]() ![]() The most widely used poisons are anticoagulants, which cause the rat to bleed to death internally. ![]() When rats eat the poisoned grain in the bait station, they return to their nests to die-in walls, in floors, underneath streets and restaurant stoves, in sewers. With their small holes and zigzaggy interiors bait stations are to a rat what a smoothly run fast-food restaurant is to a human. Bait stations are designed to keep bait away from pets and children, but they are also designed as little rat-friendly zones. Bait stations are the things that people in cities see constantly in back alleys and in parks and do not recognize or, chances are, even think about. More often, poison is added to grains and the grain is put into shoe-box-size containers called bait stations. Sometimes, poison is injected directly into the rat burrow the rat dies of heart failure or, with the most severe poisons, of damage to its central nervous system-they are found dead on their bellies, arms and legs extended. ![]() I don't know of a precise statistic, but I know that at any given moment there is poison all over the streets and homes of New York, not to mention the rest of America. Most frequently rats die from ingesting poison. ![]()
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And this is by far the best Rebirth title, which isn't saying much, but is still quite an achievement. This is some of his best writing in superhero genre, aside from Gotham Central - which, admittedly, wasn't too super-heroic. Still, I am really impressed by Rucka's work here. I just don't understand why she had to go through all this again, and blame it all on Diana. The Cheetah sublot, though, was really one-note, and basically the same as in Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies. She's not your typical one-dimensional bad guy, there is some depth to her conflict with Diana, and the resolution of their rivalry was quite original and unexpected. Godwatch in particular is, again, more of a backstory, but now it's the story of Veronica Cale, the villain. Rucka brings everything full circle in these two arcs. 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