Rat is Mightier than the Cat! Rat Chasing a Cat goes Viral
You’d think it would be the other way around, but the alarming footage shows a rat pursue the startled pet and starts chasing it on the street. Substitute a rat for the mouse and this currently-viral video is basically Tom and Jerry come to life. An inquisitive cat in the Luxembourg city of Esch-sur-Alzette, saw something move across the street and immediately trotted over to investigate. Upon discovering it was a rat, the cat began the chase. This tough little rat, however, turned right around and instead became the chaser instead of the one being chased, nipping at the poor kittie’s heels all around the streets.
The video shot by Claude Alff had just stepped out for a lunch break few days ago in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, when he spotted a rat running up the street. Though Alff rarely sees rats out in broad daylight, he brushed it off as nothing special and continued on his way. But this was no ordinary rodent.
As Alff crossed the street, he turned around and noticed he had company in the form of a small striped cat. Sensing an encounter was about to happen between the two animals, Alff whipped out his phone and started filming. As Alff expected, the cat ran to confront his would-be prey — but then things got strange. Suddenly, the rat changed the game; fiercely facing off against a fluffy predator more than five times his size, the rodent refused to back down.
Not only did the rat lunge and spook the cat, he chased the feline all the way down the street. Alff couldn’t help cheering for the brave rat. “I didn’t know what to expect when the cat was running over,” Alff told the media. “I thought, ‘Poor rat.’ But then when the cat was coming over, and the rat was running after him I thought that was just hilarious.”
Alff realized what he had just witnessed was truly special, and uploaded the video on YouTube to share the unexpected moment with the world. “This is a jackpot,” Alff said. “It happens once in a lifetime, like winning the lottery.” After this, the old cat-and-mouse game will never be the same again. Just imagine that a rat can beat a cat!
