How many people does it take to free a fat rat stuck in a manhole cover? This town found out.

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“The rat had quite a lot of winter fat and got stuck on its hips — nothing was going forward and nothing back,” one animal rescue worker told local German media.

window.havePowaBoot=true; By Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter Email Bio Follow February 27 at 6:05 AM At least eight firefighters peered down at the manhole. Two of them gripped its weighty metal cover, which had been pried open with heavy-duty tools. A man wearing a black tactical vest and thick gloves knelt on the ground, focused intently on the situation before him.

A firefighter equipped with a crowbar-like tool lifted the heavy manhole cover and two others placed black blocks beneath it to keep it raised. All the while, the imprisoned animal continued screeching. Several attempts were made to push the rat out from behind, but it hardly budged. Then, the cover was repositioned to be perpendicular to the ground, allowing the rescuer to come at the rat from a better angle.

 

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Maybe it was pregnant not fat. Any way thank you to thode Children and the responders who took the time and effort to rescue a timy life.

I am glad the rat was freed.

Pffff

YungShampoo omg it's not an onion article😶😶😶

But why would you?

This is how realDonaldTrump must feel right now.

barelykay candyxsays GIRLSONFlLM aya_lmao didn’t know lewmidia was in the news!

Is that a WP reporter?

🤓🤓

'News'

A lot of deplorables

The Germans eat more meat per capita than anywhere, yet 'we feel all animals are equal'

Ksjsus nsuxg

New doorway to the Whitehouse

The rats name was Hillary, the man hole cover was her political career she's stuck in and all the fireman were the DNC letting her go to haunt the sewers some more

Efficient AF

That's one expensive rat! Looks like 8 men for one hour$30 an hour, plus the fire truck, at least 6-800 for the tax payers! One $3 Victor trap, never to be heard from again!

A cat in a hat can free a fat rat

Nobody cares

I think Congress is holding hearings this very day.

wow! we save a rat but kill babies.

Is this satire?

Usually rats aren’t cute...

call him 'Trumpy'

Ratatouille? There you are

Just 1.

New German Industrial Metal band name: Fat Rat Stuck In Manhole Cover

At first I thought that was Pelosi, my eyes must be playing tricks on me

ngreenberg That rat is stealing scraps & classic material.

🙋

ngreenberg Thank you, next.

Such a paradox. The town looks really clean. How did the rat get so fat? Most be part of the cleaning crew, no?

How many of them will go to afterparty i am just asking

.........................It always happens................

I wonder whether she was pregnant in addition to fat. That would explain her inability to calculate how much room she needed.

Why are we talking about Trump again?

AlongsideWild No body shaming

The 'Help' look on her face is so relatable

None.

I coulda fixed that with one shot from a 22!

Two! One to free the rat and one to read the .

Are you talking about Cohen?

Respect all life.

Did cover the court proceedings in SDNY of 9/11 families v KSA yesterday? No? Not interested in Saudi accountability? Oh - only for Khashoggi? Got it.

One where I live. Rat!

Not a fat rat...but the grates are too small.

Folks are weird.

nitash_here

Awwww!!!!

Why would you? It’s a rat!

😹

One brick to the head

One cat....

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