We have a weekend home 90 miles north in the country. Honestly, the critters here in High Falls require more attention. Spiders are everywhere. We can win battles against mice in the house, but we can never win the war. Bugs, bugs, bugs. Occasional snakes, and they're a little startling but mostly amusing. Our road is famous for pileated woodpeckers, the species that Woody the Woodpecker was modeled after. It seems to be turtle week when they leave their burrows (or wherever they live), cross the roads, and lay their eggs. I had to stop the car to wait for one. Bears. I could go on...

But yeah, rats give me the creeps more than most creatures. Maybe it's because I got attacked by one, long ago.