Then, in one fell swoop, it gobbled the rat right up. While rats aren't typically part of a blue heron's diet, they can and will eat " any kind of small animals they come across," Dr. Dustin ...

A great blue heron hunted and devoured a massive rat in Central Park. Reddit / Particular-Neat-3328 The National Geographic-esque video shows the heron swinging around the “huge” lifeless rat ...

No one, not even New Yorkers, can be prepared for a showdown between a rat and a blue heron. The majestic bird made Central Park an impromptu restaurant recently, settling in a grassy area to dine ...

However, this rat was one of the estimated three million rats in the Big Apple. With any luck, it was a poison-free meal. Great Blue Heron Swallows NYC Rat Whole in Shocking Video ...

“Great blue herons eat plenty of fish, but they won’t pass up a meaty and filling New York City rat—this morning at the Central Park Pond,” he tweeted along with the video.

Then, in one fell swoop, it gobbled the rat right up. While rats aren't typically part of a blue heron's diet, they can and will eat " any kind of small animals they come across," Dr. Dustin ...

An otherwise majestic great blue heron was spotted devouring a New York City rat Saturday — a stomach-churning chow-down that a witness described as “dinosaurian.” ...