ItTheir little teeth terrify you. Their coats make you shiver. Their long tails give you cold sweats. Their little noises make your blood run cold. You have of course recognized what we are talking about: rats, which are often at the heart of many phobias around the world.
Discover the most rat-infested city in the world, and it’s not what you’d expect© Provided by Ohmymag ENG
The top 10 cities with the most rats
In many cities around the world, people complain that there are too many rats in their homes, garages, basements and on the streets. But where do you find the most rats? Londoners will, of course, assume London to be at the top of the list, but they would be wrong. Americans may think Chicago is the winner, but they would be wrong too.
A very serious ranking answering this particular question was published in 2022, and shared by ConnexionFrance. In the top 10, we find several French cities, starting with Marseille, at the 10th position, with about 1.5 million rats. Then come, in order, Atlanta, United States, then Johannesburg, South Africa, followed by Guangzhou, China, and finally Hamelin,
And the winner is…
What about the top 5? We can already tell you that Paris is there, as anyone who has visited Paris would expect, but not in first place! In fifth place, we find Singapore, then Paris comes in fourth. What about the final podium? The bronze medal goes to New York, in the United States. The rats obviously speak good English, as London is second on the list. Finally, the city where there are the most rats in the world is… *drum roll please* Deshnoke, in India.
After reading this, you might want to postpone your trip to Deshnoke, a town of about 15,000 inhabitants, right? Unless you are an adventurer. Or a curious person. Indeed, in this city, you can visit… the temple of the rats! It is the Shri Karni Mata Temple and it owes its name and its legend to the fact that the children of the caste of the region would be reincarnated into rats, as written in the Routard. In this temple, there are an estimated number of… 25,000 black rats. So, who wants to go there?
(This article has been adapted from Gentside FR.)