When the Sun Goes Down, a Swarm of Rats Emerges in Downtown Vancouver

When the Sun Goes Down, a Swarm of Rats Emerges in Downtown Vancouver
Rodents gather outside of the Burrard SkyTrain Station in Vancouver on Feb. 7, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns
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When the sun goes down, the rats of Vancouver’s Burrard Skytrain Station emerge, in a scurrying blur of fur and whipping tails.

Dozens of them, large and small, scamper around a park in front of the downtown station, running up and down the stairs among the legs of commuters and a wary reporter.