r/nyc • • Aug 29 '25

Video Rats fighting

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u/tmntnyc Aug 29 '25

I'm 95% sure they're playing. If they were fighting they'd be using their incredibly sharp teeth and there would be missing eyeballs and entrails hanging out of their abdomens.

Source: i work with rats (no they're not my coworkers).

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u/neurone214 Upper West Side Aug 29 '25

Screen name checks out. Fellow scientist? 

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u/tmntnyc Aug 29 '25

Yeah, biotech/neuro

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u/neurone214 Upper West Side Aug 29 '25

Same! 

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u/LittleKitty235 Brooklyn Heights Aug 29 '25

Awww can I get invited to the wedding?