The video shows a rat sitting atop a black trash can lid. The rat is grey-brown and grooming itself. It briefly scratches its head with a hind leg before disappearing from view behind the trash can lid. The trash can itself is a dark grey, and a black plastic bag lines its rim. The trash can is situated against a white, vertically-paneled wall. | Open Wire

Rat grooms itself on NYC trash can lid

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Tue, May 12, 2026, 08:34 PM

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New York, United States of America

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The video shows a rat sitting atop a black trash can lid. The rat is grey-brown and grooming itself. It briefly scratches its head with a hind leg before disappearing from view behind the trash can li…read more

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