I had time to take the photo because he was not going anywhere without this enormous dead rat. Speaking of teeth, you can see the rat's teeth, bared in death agonies (presumably from poison, not from Hank)
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People walked by. People laughed. Human nature is not kind.
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An elderly woman with a face shield and two tiny dogs offered me the blue New York Times plastic bag she had brought to pick up her dog's poop so that I could try to pry out the rat. But the rat could not be pried.
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Finally, an angel arrived in the form of a construction worker. He said: Leave the dog alone. He'll drop the rat. I said: HE'S NOT LETTING GO OF THIS RAT.
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The guy said: Try it. I tried it. I stopped screaming and pulling and prying. Hank READJUSTED HIS GRIP ON THE RAT. The guy said: Try it again. Hank DROPPED THE RAT TO GET A BETTER GRIP at which point I yanked the dog away.
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Readers of this thread might like to know that Hank has a long history with rodents. We first became aware of it last year, when he slurped down a (much smaller) rat in Prospect Park.
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We've been spending some time in the country. Recently, when we walk up the road, he's been sticking his snout into a patch of snow and digging like crazy. Finally, after about a week of this, he got his prize: a frozen mouse. It had been buried DEEP
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Now we know how he survived for the mysterious first three years of his life.
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Greetings, good afternoon: Hank just caught a SECOND RAT.
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This one was on Washington Ave and Lincoln Place. Also huge. Also very dead. I shouted DROP IT and he let it go, probably from surprise. (He considers "drop it" to be more of a suggestion.)
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Today is the first warm day in NYC in weeks. The mounds of snow are melting. The dead rats are thawing. My dog is on the hunt and none of us are safe.
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Excuse me, it's after 3:55 pm so Hank is demanding his dinner (kibble, no rat). A lot of grunting and paw-stamping. Does going viral mean nothing to him?
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