Rat seen scurrying up and down a pole on F train en route to Queens
Things got freaky on a Manhattan-bound train when a funky rat flaunted its moves on a subway pole — shimmying up, down and around like anThe wild scene happened Feb. 18, after a rat boarded an F train in Queens in the early afternoon, according to straphanger Amanda Maillard, who was riding from Jackson Heights to the Lower East Side to pick up groceries.
People were “moving out of the way, just trying to get away from it really, and then…this diva decided to climb the pole,” Maillard, 30, told The Post. Top Zelensky adviser pushed for Oval Office mineral deal signing — against Trump envoy Kellogg's advice The bold critter then dismounted and tried to get a ‘tip’ from one gawker carrying a suitcase, only to bolt in the opposite direction after the straphanger rebuffed its advances. “Why did no one throw it some ones? Show some support!” one person commented on Maillard’s video, which shared by theThe rat likely had been looking for food and was trying to escape from the people on the subway, per one expert.The rat’s moves even impressed US National Pole champ Donna Carnow, who praised its grip strength and ability to perform under pressure. “They were starting to get into some interesting positions, getting parallel with the floor,” Carnow said.The raunchy routine, however, was almost certainly driven by sheer panic rather than any attempt to score straphangers’ cheddar, according to Michael H. Parsons, a senior investigator for the Centre for Urban Ecological Solutions. The animal, which Parsons suggested was a juvenile looking for grub, likely hit the pole to escape the commuting masses.is the latest of its kind to claw its way to online fame with its underground antics, the most famous being Pizza Rat, filmed in 2015on 41% of their subway trips in the past 30 days as of Feb. 28, although it didn’t distinguish whether the vermin were spotted at stations or on board trains. The DOGE dividend could become law: 'The proposed bill will be coming in the next few days' Top Zelensky adviser pushed for Oval Office mineral deal signing — against Trump envoy Kellogg's advice CrossFit-loving dad, 42, gets transplant after flu-like symptoms turn out to be end-stage heart failureMSNBC host Rachel Maddow rips own network for axing Joy Reid's show and other 'non-white' hosts' programsA book about the media cover-up of Biden's decline is a great idea ... But should CNN's Jake Tapper write it?Mark Zuckerberg wears Benson Boone’s sequined Grammys 2025 jumpsuit to perform at wife Priscilla’s 40th birthday partyThe rat likely had been looking for food and was trying to escape from the people on the subway, per one expert.
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