The battle did not go well for the rat, and the process was not a sight for the faint of heart. The rat fought hard and valiantly for its life, but was mortally wounded by the heron's beak, and then held by its neck and shaken till it asphyxiated.
Great Blue Herons and egrets will eat any kind of small animals they come across. Even though this rat isn't exactly small, it still can fit.
Somehow, the furry and bulky rat slid down the heron's narrow throat easily, though there was an eerie moment when the rat's tail hung out of the bird's mouth.
The large wading bird enjoyed its meal along the water of the Harlem Meer in Central Park, according to a Reddit user who caught the encounter on camera.
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