Blue Heron Caught on Video Swallowing NYC Rat Whole

Well, this is one way to handle New York City's rodent problem. A blue heron was seen devouring an enormous rat in Central Park, and the whole thing was caught on video.

The footage was captured by a Reddit user who posted it to the "Hardcore Nature" subreddit. As the poster explains, they were in Central Park by the Harlem Meer doing yoga with a friend on Saturday when about 10 feet away was "a great big blue heron, just casually being all dinosaurian."

"Soon we realized it was hunting a huge rat.