'It's a real jungle': A zoologist says Rome is infested with rats and snakes due to rubbish and high temperatures

A Rome-based zoologist says the Italian capital has become a "veritable jungle" with snakes, oriental hornets, seagulls and rats proliferating due to a combination of high temperatures and the city's persistent rubbish problems.

Rome-based zoologist Andrea Lunerti said the Italian capital had become a "veritable jungle" as a combination of high temperatures and the city's ongoing garbage problem led to a sharp increase in the population of rats, snakes, hornets and seagulls.

A zoologist in Rome, known for capturing dangerous animals, says the city has become “a real jungle” amid an increase in the presence of snakes, eastern wasps, seagulls and rats due to a combination of high temperatures and the city's persistent litter problem.

Rome was infested by snakes, rats, eastern hornets, and seagulls. They were attracted to the city by the high temperatures and the city's garbage disposal problems. As a result, zoologist Andrea Lunerti, who specializes in catching dangerous animals, said that Rome had become "a veritable jungle".

A zoologist in Rome says the Italian city has become “a real jungle” amid an increase in the presence of snakes, eastern wasps, seagulls and rats due to a combination of high temperatures and the city's persistent litter problem, The Guardian reports. Andrea Lunerti, who is well known in Rome for capturing dangerous animals, said he received hundreds of calls this summer, especially regarding snake sightings, reports News.ro. “There are a lot mo…

Rome has turned into a "real jungle", full of snakes, rats, wasps and seagulls, says Italian zoologist Andrea Lunerti. To blame for this would be the extremely high temperatures, combined...