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Monster Rat Found in London Playground

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A ‘monster rat’ has been found in a London playground, and more could be breeding in the sewers.

Tony Smith, 46, a gas engineer, found the rat when working on a block of flats near the north London playground.

The large rodent, which reportedly weighed about 11kgs, was seen in a bush next to a popular children’s playground.

A spokesperson for pest-control experts Rentokil explained the average brown rat in the UK is just 30cm in length, but that these larger rodents could also be breeding beneath the city’s streets.

Zoologists believe the rodent could be a West African grasscutter rat, also known as a cane rat.

72 Responses

  1. huh. does not look like a rat from where I am… what is rat like that doing in London, anyway, even if it is real?

  2. oh my gosh that is so disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Hope they get rid of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    It looks like my dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Rats freak me out. I can’t imagine what I would do if I ran into that. I can do anything except for spiders, rats, and snakes.

  4. THAT RAT IS MASSIVE HOW DID IT EVEN GET SO BIG IT PROBABLY ATE A CAT
    NO OFFENSE IF YOU HAVE A CAT

  5. Yikes that’s one big rat!!!! Imagine running into one of those? Though it has sparked some questions like: what did it eat? Why did it grow so big?

  6. Awesome & Yuck!!! At the same time just thinking about how many baby rats at the playground could their be…. TBH I would shut down the whole park then destroy the park look 4 any eggs that are going 2 hatch… I really feel sorry 4 the kids that are going 2 play at that playground

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