The giant rat caused a commotion. Photos: Capture / Twitter @CatchUpFeed
He video of one giant installment who walks freely through what appears to be his home, which is actually a supermarket. NYhas gone viral.
In the clip, you can see how the large rodent with a bulging stomach He walks through the aisles where soft drinks, yogurts and other drinks are sold before the astonished gaze of whoever records it.
Although the giant rat is followed closely by the person taking the video, it does not make any attempt to flee and only changes location in front of the camera that follows its movements.
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Yup…city rats.
I’ve seen those in both New York City and Baltimore. Two of them in an alley made me change my planned route once. Cats won’t even try, and many dogs are overmatched too.
City life.
— K. Wade (@Kwade79) September 29, 2023
On the social network X, the clip has reached almost 200 thousand views and dozens of commentsin some of which it is read that the large rat could well be an opossum.
In other comments, users assure that it is not the first rodent of that size that has been seen in New York walking around calmly.
“I’ve seen them in both New York City and Baltimore. Two of them in an alley once made me change my planned route. The cats don’t even try to approach them and many dogs are also overwhelmed… This is life in the city”wrote user @Kwade79.
In April 2023, it was announced that New York City, in the United States, was already under threat due to the presence of hundreds of giant rats that roam around different parts of the “Big Apple.”
According to information provided by some media, rats They can measure between 42 centimeters, not including their tailin addition to weighing from 400 grams to 1 kilo.
Faced with this emergency in the “Big Apple”, the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, appointed Kathleen Corradi as the first “czarina” to combat the plague of rats that roam the streets of the city.
Kathleen Corradi, who began executing a $3.5 million project against rodents in Harlem, one of the neighborhoods in Manhattan, will coordinate efforts with agencies, community organizations and the private sector, to reduce the population of rats, animals that represent a public health problem.
2023-09-30 09:51:31
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