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I wis gonna mak a comment aboot da road bein paved wi da brucks o yows, but dats maybe a bit tasteless... :lol:

 

Dats definitely Yell

If you're into rats, Unst should be a sheer joy, the place is full of em.

Not one to be found on Yell though, 'EVER'. :wink:

 

Diferent kinda rats on Yell though!! :wink: Only Joking

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Wow--this is news to me. I was always led to believe you could never be further than ten metres from a rat. Maybe that's only in cities where they occupy the sewers. Last time I listen to David Attenborough (actually he probably was referring to the city now I think about it).

 

 

Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus

This species was originally Introduced to Shetland from visiting vessels but its place of origin and date of introduction are unknown although Venables & Venables suggest that it may have been in about 1730. It has been reported on all the large inhabited islands except Yell (where it has been extinct within living memory) and Fetlar, although it appears to also be absent from most of the west Mainland.

 

http://www.nature-shetland.co.uk/brc/terrmammals.htm

 

 

...so even the rats have deserted Yell :D

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