Hungry Rat Chews Up $17,500 Worth Of Cash Inside An ATM

Normally when you think of hungry rats, we picture of them eating bread crumbs out of the garbage or entire slices of pizza down in the subway. But as it turns out, rats have a much more sophisticated and diverse palate. Heck, if a rat is hungry enough, he'll go so far as to scarf down entire pieces of paper. And if a rat is legitimately starving, he'll demolish and entire ATM worth of money.

Don't believe me? Here's the aftermath of what happened when a rat got into an ATM filled with $17,500:

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