Black rats commonly found in roofs across Australia are developing a genetic mutation that increases their resistance to rat poisons, which continue to kill large numbers of native birds and frogs.

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“We don’t know which diseases these rats have, and then if they sell these donuts, we don’t know if it could have a health issue for people here in Boston,” a commuter tells Boston 25 News.

BOSTON — A Dunkin’ Donuts location at the MBTA’s Back Bay Station is now temporarily closed after a video circulating on social media shows what appears to be a rat crawling through a batch of donuts.