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    Rodenticides: Rodenticides, Colloquially Rat Poison, Are Typically Non-Specific

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    Rodenticides are pest control chemicals designed to kill rodents. Some rodenticides only require one exposure to be lethal, while others need multiple exposures. This allows rodents to sample the poison and observe if it makes other rats sick, reducing bait shyness. In addition to direct toxicity, many rodenticides also pose secondary poisoning risks to animals that hunt or scavenge dead rats exposed to the chemicals.

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    Rodenticides are pest control chemicals designed to kill rodents. Some rodenticides only require one exposure to be lethal, while others need multiple exposures. This allows rodents to sample the poison and observe if it makes other rats sick, reducing bait shyness. In addition to direct toxicity, many rodenticides also pose secondary poisoning risks to animals that hunt or scavenge dead rats exposed to the chemicals.

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    Rodenticides are pest control chemicals designed to kill rodents. Some rodenticides only require one exposure to be lethal, while others need multiple exposures. This allows rodents to sample the poison and observe if it makes other rats sick, reducing bait shyness. In addition to direct toxicity, many rodenticides also pose secondary poisoning risks to animals that hunt or scavenge dead rats exposed to the chemicals.

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    Rodenticides

    Rodenticides, colloquially rat poison, are typically non-specific pest


    control chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents.
    Some rodenticides are lethal after one exposure while others require more than
    one. Rodents are disinclined to gorge on an unknown food (perhaps reflecting an
    adaptation to their inability to vomit), preferring to sample, wait and observe
    whether it makes them or other rats sick.[1][2] This phenomenon of bait
    shyness or poison shyness is the rationale for poisons that kill only after multiple
    doses.
    Besides being directly toxic to the mammals that ingest them, including dogs,
    cats, and humans, many rodenticides present a secondary poisoning risk to
    animals that hunt or scavenge the dead corpses of rats.

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