# Rats will hunt and eat full size adult pigeons. I did not know that! (video) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602 "2015-10-14T01:58:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/1 "2015-10-14T01:58:13Z")
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 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suqVVums-sU) Sorry about wrong forum, asked a mod to move to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/2 "2015-10-14T02:02:36Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Sorry about wrong forum, asked a mod to move to MPSIMS. No problem. Thread relocated. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/3 "2015-10-14T02:29:49Z")
I am not clicking on that link. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/4 "2015-10-14T03:31:22Z")
I wish I had been that wise. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/5 "2015-10-14T06:50:47Z")
Not clicking the link - because I already saw it - ‘Featured’ on Yahoo. I’ve used their email for 15+ years - but am sick by where you ‘land’ when you logoff the (paid) email. Just put me back on the minimalist, text-only logon page, 'Kay? ---
**Author:** ![here\_and\_there](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@here\_and\_there](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/here_and_there)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/6 "2015-10-14T10:44:47Z")
Everyone hates the pigeons. Didn’t yo know that? [http://frikipaideia.wikia.com/wiki/Περιστέρι\_(ζώον)](http://frikipaideia.wikia.com/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9_%28%CE%B6%CF%8E%CE%BF%CE%BD%29) ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/7 "2015-10-14T12:37:08Z")
Never in my life would I click that fucking link. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/8 "2015-10-14T12:46:01Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > I wish I had been that wise. 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”. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/9 "2015-10-14T12:50:28Z")
Pigeons are just rats with wings so one taking out the other is OK with me. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/10 "2015-10-14T13:27:07Z")
“Just as the pigeon is unable to escape the rat, you too can be a pigeon unable to escape rate hikes to your supplemental insurance at Mutual of Omaha.” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/11 "2015-10-14T17:46:28Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-will-hunt-and-eat-full-size-adult-pigeons-i-did-not-know-that-video/734602/12 "2015-10-14T20:55:48Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > “Just as the pigeon is unable to escape the rat, you too can be a pigeon unable to escape rate hikes to your supplemental insurance at Mutual of Omaha.” This wins the intertubes for today!