ghost ship 2: it's a rat-eat-rat world.

[rmd]

Sometimes, there are ghost ships on the oceans - vessels that have been ripped away from their moorings by a tsunami, or just found abandoned drifting (or in the case of the Mary Celeste, abandoned but still under sail).

But right now, there is a ship - the Lyubov Orlova, which used to be a cruise ship - drifting across the Atlantic. Not all of its lifeboat EPIRBs have triggered, so some of the lifeboats (and presumably the rest of the main vessel) are above the waterline. It appears to be drifting towards the UK, and it is likely full of cannibalistic rats.

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[kjc.livejournal.com]

Heh. I saw the story before I saw your post & it reminded me of an anecdote you once shared (I don't remember if it happened to you or you saw it online) in which a student, when asked what happens when a cage fills with too many rats, said they go gay.