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Giant 1.20m rat! (photo)

Mechanic found it behind bush

Newsroom March 11 04:15

Warning: If you have a fear of rodents do not scroll down.

A photo of a monster rodent is going viral over the internet, after a British mechanic is shown holding up a huge rat with a pair of large tongs! Tony Smith says he found the gigantic scary critter lying dead behind a bush. Smith claims the rat weighs nearly 11 kilos and is 1.20 meters long! The mechanic works for a natural gas installation company and says he found the rodent near a play ground at Hackney Downs. ‘It is the largest rat I have ever seen in my life! I have a cat and a Jack Russell, but this much bulkier’, said the mechanic.

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