A giant rat, weighing five kilograms, 11 pounds, has been reportedly captured and killed in a village Shaoyang county, located in Hunan province in China. The giant rat was seen around the village and feasted on fish from a local pond prior to its capture.
The Sanxiang Metropolis Daily reported on the “king rat” that was captured by residents of a village in China. The rat measured 90 centimeters, 35 inches, in length and weighed in at five kilograms, 11 pounds. Villagers reported seeing two large rats around a pond and set up a neighborhood watch to guard the pond.
On Sept. 25, several villagers were investigating one of the ponds when they saw the large rat dive into the water and snatch a fish that weighed around three kilograms, just over six pounds, reports Sanxiang Daily. An 80-year-old village resident said he has never seen such a large rat.
The giant male rat was eventually cornered and killed it with farm tools. It is unclear how the rat grew to such an enormous size, speculation runs from environmental changes to a foreign species of rat, perhaps from the United States, that made its way to China.
After killing the rat, the villagers did eat it but spent the whole night preparing the large rodent. According to Sanxiang Daily, the rat had such hard bones the villagers broke two cleavers in the process of cooking the rodent.
It is unclear what type of rodent was captured by the villagers. The coypu, or nutria, can grow to a similar size and weight and were introduced to China in the 1960s but are herbivores. Other rodents known to eat fish are native to South America but are much smaller than the one captured in China. The second large rodent that was seen by the villagers remains at large.
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