By now, we think we’re all quite comfortable admitting that NYC is really the rats’ fiefdom—we’re just renting their property, riding their subways, and stuffing our mouths full with them in a desperate bid for some semblance of control. But according to BBC/Discovery Channels excellent Human Planet , there’s at least one rat for every person in NYC. The show will explore the Big Apple’s rat population in this Sunday’s episode . Below, you can check out a clip from it, in which pest control firm M&M Environmental explores the basement of one unnamed East Village restaurant. It makes you think extra hard about where you’re ordering out from, to say the least. [ more › ]

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Video: Human Planet Explores NYC’s Rat Population