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Revolting moment massive RAT bullies Brooklyn cat out of the way
UK Daily Mail ^ | October 9, 2018 | Snejana Farberov

Posted on 10/10/2018 6:08:49 AM PDT by C19fan

A Brooklyn bodega cat proved no match for a giant rat with a bad attitude.

A revolting video courtesy of ViralHog has emerged capturing a tense standoff between a pair of four-legged foes on the mean streets of the Big Apple.

The minute-long cellphone footage recorded on September 19 begins with a black cat leisurely reposing on the sidewalk beside a cardboard box at a Brooklyn fruit market when it is confronted by a massive gray rat.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; nyc
In the concrete jungle the rat is king.
1 posted on 10/10/2018 6:08:49 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

>>begins with a black cat leisurely reposing on the sidewalk beside a cardboard box at a Brooklyn fruit market when it is confronted by a massive gray rat.

if the cat had pounced on the rat months earlier it wouldn’t pose the threat that it does today

Same with militant threats attacking our civilians


2 posted on 10/10/2018 6:16:42 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: C19fan

.177cal pellet/BB gun would dispatch that rat, real fast.


3 posted on 10/10/2018 6:20:59 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.)
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To: C19fan
Cats are no match for a large rat. There is a dog called the rat terrier that was bred just for hunting and killing rats. There are rat terrier clubs in New York City that go hunting rats to this day.

Rat Terrier Club Meeting

4 posted on 10/10/2018 6:21:39 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: C19fan

Maybe I can rent snakes in NYC. Catch pythons in Florida and take them to NYC. Rats like that would be like hors d’oeuvre. The snakes would die in the winter. Bring more in for spring. The franchise opportunities in Democrat controlled cities would be money makers.


5 posted on 10/10/2018 6:26:26 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: C19fan

The cat moved because the rat got around behind it. Considering the cat “swatted” and didn’t use its claws or teeth, these two may have played before. Or the cat had no interest in a fight to the death. I wouldn’t say the rat “won”.


6 posted on 10/10/2018 6:28:56 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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My take as well . . .

They seemed familiar, maybe even budz.

I noticed that Scat wasn’t intimidated by the gawkers though.


7 posted on 10/10/2018 6:36:47 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: C19fan

Hmmf. That’s no cat. That’s a pussy. Cat.


8 posted on 10/10/2018 6:37:18 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: C19fan

I have Jack Russell’s, no problem with rat’s or squirrels.


9 posted on 10/10/2018 6:38:27 AM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Not true.my cat killed a black snake lol


10 posted on 10/10/2018 6:46:19 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

We have a ratter. Absolutely GREAT dog!

Living on a farm, we used to get occasional infestations of Norway rats.

With our trusty ratter, that just doesn’t happen anymore.

There aren’t many chipmunks, squirrels or rabbits around anymore, either.

;)


11 posted on 10/10/2018 6:47:09 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: meatloaf

Could work, combo nighttime store security and rat patrol.

But the story about the old lady, that swallowed the spider to catch the fly...
Did not end well for her.


12 posted on 10/10/2018 6:56:47 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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To: C19fan

They need a cat with a “laser beam” strapped to its head.

Or maybe just a sea bass.


13 posted on 10/10/2018 7:01:45 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: C19fan
Has NYC Mayor De Blasio brought “Gender X” also to the city's cats?
14 posted on 10/10/2018 7:03:29 AM PDT by drpix
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To: C19fan

My grandfather used to tell me that one skunk is worth a half-a-dozen cats when it comes to eliminating rats in a barn.


15 posted on 10/10/2018 7:11:36 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: carriage_hill
.177cal pellet/BB gun would dispatch that rat, real fast.

Might also put the shooter in jail as well. NYC is death on weapons.

16 posted on 10/10/2018 7:30:21 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: C19fan

Just more of what Deblassio has given the fine people of NYC.


17 posted on 10/10/2018 7:36:51 AM PDT by MissEdie (I am South Carolina Strong.)
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To: Williams

The cat is only a half-grown kitten. It’s not fair to blame the novice hunter, a kitten, for lack of success with a large and mean street rat. My late great kitty Kefira was named for her mouse killing propensity. While confined to my kitchen as a kitten, Kefira found a mouse (I moved out of that building, the walls were full of mice) and turned it into mincemeat, didn’t just kill it. “Kefira” means “little lioness” in Hebrew, so she was aptly named.


18 posted on 10/10/2018 8:43:14 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: C19fan

Direct link to video.

https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2018/10/09/3009462653036445561/1024x576_MP4_3009462653036445561.mp4


19 posted on 10/10/2018 9:12:33 AM PDT by Boomer (Cheers to the Triump of the Trump Admin.)
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To: SES1066

It’s air-pumped, no cartridges or bullets. Not classed as a firearm by BATF, but probably is by the NYC lib-dolts.


20 posted on 10/10/2018 9:49:29 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.)
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