Nature in the raw. I would have lost the bet that a rat would take on something the size of an adult pigeon. It puts up a good struggle and tries to escape but the rat is on a mission.
Video here
Sorry about wrong forum, asked a mod to move to MPSIMS.
I can understand people being squeamish, but in essence that video is no different from, say, a documentary showing a lion chasing, killing and eating a gazelle, no?
There’s a food stall around the corner from my office, during the day it’s surroundd by pigeons, during the night, after it’s closed, the rats roam free; I can see why now.
Although, personally, I’d find it less gross to see the rats munching on a pigeon rather than seeing them licking the grill clean, for certain values of “clean”.
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In the opening sentence of Josh Bazell’s novel Beat the Reaper, the main character stops to watch a rat fighting with a pigeon. While he’s watching, a guy tries to mug him. It does not end well for the mugger.