New York Sewer Rat

Accounts of alligators lurking under New Yorks streets date back to the 1930s when it is said to have been popular for families to buy baby alligators as pets.

New york sewer rat. Theres no way its a common sewer rat Dr. 41 pound rat recently caught in NYC via Chris Brannigan. The New York Times reports the city rescues several alligators per year some directly from homes where they are kept as illegal pets which can be legally.

One of the most enduring and well-known cases of strange animals in sewers is the stories of alligators roaming New York Citys sewer systems. This dirty sewer rat presently working with NYC MTA is happily parading around the NYC subway system with a married father of four. Voss the Curator of Mammals at The American Museum of Natural History in New York told HuffPost after reviewing the picture.

Im 90 percent certain that its a a Gambian pouched rat Voss estimated the rat to be about two-and-a-half feet in length. In fact the rodent called Norwegian sewer rat although Norway is not the real place of its origin is a usual brown rat that spread around the world in the 19 th century. The average brown rat is 16 inches long and weighs 1 pound though some do grow to 20 inches and weigh 2 pounds.

She likely put a voodoo spell on him which is why he thinks hes in love with this piece of trash. Last year a bus-size fatberg was unearthed in a London sewer and in 2010 an NYC urban legend manifested after an alligator crawled out of a sewer in Queens. Sewer rats are common Norway Rats that have adapted to living in sewer systems.

One of those friendly New York City sewer rats hanging out on the tracks. Its fur is thick and short and eyes are black or ruby. She is trash and has no respect for the family she has destroyed.

They usually require only 1 ounce or 28 grams of food and water each day to live. Check my channel for other animals stuck in a sewer. She tricked her way into this country under a.