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 ...
Roasted rat is best prepared like Beef Wellington, wrapped in a pastry shell so as not to scare the diners.
Shades of the Adventure of the Giant Rat of Sumatra! Call Sherlock Holmes!
The other white meat!
King Rat: The Epic Novel of War and Survival
https://www.amazon.com/King-Rat-Novel-Survival-Asian-ebook/dp/B07HB9QXLM
Eee, by gum, ees a big un.
If we were living during the Depression or even back a few hundred years, this ‘giant’ rat would be a meal along the lines of ‘tastes like chicken’.......
Better off calling The Doctor and Leela. These may be the guards of Wang-Chiang.
I doubt that rat is 18 inches long, nose to end of tail.
That is a big rat, but far from Capybara size.
He’s not gonna stop!!!!
rwood
BFR!
Sounds like the Brits need to up their production of Jack Russell Terriers. They are absolutely fearless. Will take on any size vermin. We always say if they were the size of Great Danes nothing would be left alive. They are sweet little dogs but have a tremendous prey drive. I may have to go buy some mice just to keep mine happy. He has cleaned out my barns. My elderly barn cat adores him.
Yah I remember watching that episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhduvvA_Xpo
“Covering your civilian relief rations with ground up rodent flesh so as to make it more edible!”
Yum, rat dust!
Sometimes during wars the main course is “long pig”...
Rongeuse cuite!
Sounds scrumptious!
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