A rare occurence in New York has most likely left an eyewitness traumatized for life as they watched a man munch on a rat from the sidewalk.

The drape is removed and the surgical site is cleaned and dried as the rat is waking up from anesthesia. The body temperature should be measured (digital, rectal thermometer) and an external heat ...

Rat sightings called to 311 fell in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island over the same period — while the same kinds of reports shot up by 6.77 and 6.3% in Queens and the Bronx, respectively.