{"id":22184,"date":"2022-07-22T10:27:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/raging-rat-brutally-attacks-pigeon-in-nyc-showdown\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:27:41","slug":"raging-rat-brutally-attacks-pigeon-in-nyc-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/raging-rat-brutally-attacks-pigeon-in-nyc-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Raging rat brutally attacks pigeon in NYC showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The streets of \u201cZoo York\u201d are really getting rough.<\/p>\n<p>Wild video posted to social media Monday shows a rat savagely attacking a pigeon \u2013 with the victimized bird helplessly flapping its wings as the hostile rodent dragged it across a sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p>The rat scampered beneath a car with the wounded bird in its mouth as the gruesome clip ends, leaving shocked observers to wonder about the flailing pigeon&#8217;s fate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took the last under the [vehicle] to finish him off,\u201d one person replied.  \u201cThis is cold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The footage was then posted Wednesday to the \u201cWhat is New York\u201d Instagram page, which has more than 1.3 million followers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly a matter of time [before] we&#8217;re next,\u201d one reply read, garnering more than 1,000 likes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Jessie Salinas, an artist originally from Idaho who shot the footage, told The Post he wasn&#8217;t worried that the rat would change course and attack him.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">jessie.salinas\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another observer noted the showdown marked the \u201cclassic NYC matchup,\u201d a battle between two iconic city-dwelling creatures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOoooooh s\u2013t NY mascots fighting for the spotlight,\u201d another poignant reply read.<\/p>\n<p>But the pint-sized pugilists should&#8217;ve known better since they&#8217;re on the \u201csame team,\u201d one Instagram user noted.<\/p>\n<p>The viral footage depicting New York&#8217;s kill-or-be-killed mentality rivals content on nature shows, some insisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho needs the Discovery Channel when you&#8217;re walking the streets of New York!\u201d  one observer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFacts,\u201d someone replied.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rat-vs-pigeon-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"rat attacking pigeon\" class=\"wp-image-23149635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rat-vs-pigeon-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rat-vs-pigeon-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rat-vs-pigeon-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Footage of the attack was posted to the \u201cWhat is New York\u201d Instagram page, which has more than 1.3 million followers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">jessie.salinas\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDamn, I think I&#8217;m traumatized,\u201d another viewer insisted.<\/p>\n<p>The clip of the \u201cNY cataclysm\u201d was posted to Instagram on Monday by a user named Jessie Salinas, who told The Post he shot the stomach-turning footage beneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Salinas, an artist originally from Idaho, said he wasn&#8217;t worried that the rat would change course and attack him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, not all,\u201d he wrote The Post.  \u201cI was blown away and I was amazed my phone was out and recording before I even knew it.  I guess it&#8217;s in our DNA nowadays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salinas, 25, of Brooklyn, noticed how some people questioned why he didn&#8217;t save the pigeon \u2014 a suggestion he considers \u201chilarious,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would not want to mess with that rat,\u201d he wrote The Post Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rats killing pigeons in New York isn&#8217;t a new development, of course \u2014 as an earlier epic street fight between the species was captured in Brooklyn in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The streets of \u201cZoo York\u201d are really getting rough. Wild video posted to social media Monday shows a rat savagely attacking a pigeon \u2013 with the victimized bird helplessly flapping its wings as the hostile rodent dragged it across a sidewalk. 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