Posted on 09/16/2020 2:21:09 PM PDT by packrat35
A "GIANT" rat "big enough for a Sunday roast" has sparked horror on social media after it was found in London.
The rat was spotted in an alley in Camden, north London, at the weekend and a picture of the creature was posted on Facebook by LJ Bowen.
She wrote that the rat looked like a capybara, the largest living rodent in the world - which can grow to 4ft-long, 2ft-high and weigh up to 10 stone - and is native to South America.
More than 100 people commented on the snap after it was shared to Facebook.
One person wrote that it was "so big" you could serve it up as a Sunday roast.
Tom Neal wrote: “There is enough meat on that to get a Sunday roast out of it.”
John Stokes wrote: “Looks like a wild boar”, while another posted: “Omg! That thing is huge!!!!”
Craig Henry wrote: “Is he dead or is he sleeping? I don’t want to be there if he wakes up - he’d eat me for lunch.”
The large appearance of the rat may be due to the angle of the photo when it was taken.
Britain was overrun with giant rats during the coronavirus lockdown as the rodents invaded homes and cars.
With restaurants and cafes closed in urban areas, the disease-ridden vermin spread into the suburbs in the pursuit of food.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Is Fawlty Towers in an urban area?
Didn’t know Nancy Pelosi was visiting London!
I’d be a bit more worried about Muslims.
Yas mean tuh say d’at d’ere’s cumpuhtishun fo’ dah rats in New Yawk Citeez Central Park???!!!
“Manuel!”
Giant rat? Nadler?
I have seen rats larger than fat tomcats. Some animals never stop growing. As long as they have an ample food supply they get bigger and bigger until they cannot find enough food to meet their growing and growing food requirement.
“Rodents of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.”
Yep, that’s a rat alright.
Fisherman’s trick , hold it close to the camera ,LOL
>>Fisherman’s trick , hold it close to the camera ,LOL
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Yes, follow the angle of the holder device. Good trick.
Not a capybara. They don’t have tails like that.
“With restaurants and cafes closed in urban areas, the disease-ridden vermin spread into the suburbs in the pursuit of food.”
We have city Rats escaping to the suburbs in the US, too.
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