Obese rat dies escaping NYC trash can — but locals laud sick scene as high art: ‘It’s sculpture’

Even rodent-weary New Yorkers were deeply moved by the sight of a rat so fat it died after gorging on garbage in Riverside Park — with some comparing the sidewalk scene to high art or “a New York sculpture.”

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