Hungry Subway Rat Makes a Comeback, This Time With a Slice of Pizza

The subway pizza rat is back and this time with a full slice of cheese of pizza.

Instagram user @michaelcourant posed a video over the weekend that shows a rat on the subway tracks tugging away at a full slice of pizza.

The 37-second video is tagged with the Lexington Avenue/59th Street subway station’s location. It is posted with the caption " I JUST SAW PIZZA RAT! I repeat: I JUST SAW PIZZA RAT! Lexington Ave./59th Street on the downtown 6 track #Blessed.

NYC is notorious for hilarious creatures being spotted on the city’s subways. Everything from raccoons to “pita rats” to opossums.

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