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The Yorkshire mega-rat: a 22-inch rodent and the great global rat crisis of 2025

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 4 August

This latest specimen is even bigger than the Dorset mega-rat of 2018 – and just one sign of a problem that keeps growing ...

Name: The Giant Rat of Normanby.

Age: Unknown, but probably not more than three years old, given the lifespan of a rat .