A capybara at Bellas Artes? A huge rat was captured in Mexico City.

Mexico City ( CDMX ) has become a place where seeing rats is no longer a novelty, although some people are scared, rodents are still common.

And although some people have already become accustomed to seeing rats in the streets , others have not, and this can unleash various emotions, including terror or surprise, as recently captured in a video where a huge rat appears in Bellas Artes .

Rats come in different sizes , some are slimmer than others, but the combination of an obese and large rat is simply terrifying to some people.

That's exactly what the rat that a TikTok user saw in the planters outside the Palacio de Bellas Artes looked like.

With a touch of humor, the user set the video to the sound of a child screaming:

"Auntie! Miya' a capybara! A capybara! A capybara! (sic)"

This refers to a rat that came out of a hole, which was mistaken for a capybara , an animal that has become fashionable in the last year.

Therefore, in this video, that audio is added while the TikTok user focuses on the enormous brown rat sleeping in a planter at Bellas Artes .

The rodent caught the attention of dozens of users, who left comments such as:

• "How beautiful! Let her sleep in peace."
• "There's always a lot of them in every flowerbed, and then people just lie there like nothing's wrong."
• "Name, those from NY even work"
• "Hahahaha then the bride and groom are lying down on the grass"
• "Thanks to this video I'll never sit there again."

Why are there giant rats in Mexico City?

In large cities like Mexico City , rats abound, some larger than others, and this is due to various factors .

One of them is food. Rats' easy access to food causes them to eat more and accelerate their growth, allowing them to live longer. The food issue is a result of the accumulation of garbage in some areas.

Climate change has been a determining factor in their expansion, as rising temperatures in Mexico City and the absence of cold seasons allow rats to reproduce year-round in increasingly rapid cycles.

So remember, if you feed the rats in some areas of Mexico City , they may not want to leave, so it is recommended to avoid doing so or avoid generating so much garbage .

AIHC