See How Easily a Rat Can Wriggle Up Your Toilet | National Geographic
A rat's ribs are hinged at the spine, enabling it to easily squeeze through the tightest spaces-like the pipes draining your toilet. And rats are great swimmers too; they can hold their breath for up to three minutes. See how quickly a rat can go from the city streets to your bathroom.
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He won't survive my shit
Tr4P Maze fukt
Tr4P Maze so rood
Tr4P Maze yes they can. cause they live on dirty places. Duh
Tr4P Maze nice
Tr4P Maze lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Watching this on the toilet is not a great experience.
WolfeSpeider true
ikr I was on the toilet and when I saw this thumbnail, I jumped up and ran away
Haha same here...
WolfeSpeider it would be worse if you were watching the spider version
WolfeSpeider DUN DUN DUUUUUNNNN
Imagine swimming through tight, claustrophobic passages, underwater, only to finally make it to the surface and realise you've been swimming in a toilet.
i think rats can actually be claustrophobic
I don't think rats knows what toilets are.
And have a big person usually trying to kill or drown u. Poor little animal 🐭 just trying to survive and most people just want Gods creations dead in the meanest ways Rats can do tricks better than dogs (see shadow the rat) and are nice little animals.
This happened in a third floor apartment I was living in around 2005. It started with seeing turds and chewed plant leaves in my bathroom. Then one night on my way into the kitchen, walking past the bathroom I saw a large rat jump from the side of the bathtub into the toilet bowl and then disappear. I couldn't believe what I'd just witnessed. I set up a rat trap with peanut butter and kept the bathroom door closed. Within about a week, I opened that door to a large puddle of blood and a dead 12" long rat on the bathroom floor. I learned to take super fast deuces in the few months I was there before moving to a new place.
today I went into my bathroom and there was a squirrel. I knew it came through the toilet because there was a bunch of dirt in the toilet, as soon as I saw it I shut the door back and called my landlord. I was freaking out and I'm happy I'm not the type to leave doors open.
@@user-st1hy6ql3jthe squirrel just wanted to play with your nuts
Me: *doesnt check toilet before sitting on it* Rat: *gets violently shat on*
The beautiful life of a rat
Poor guy! Lol
True Justice!
Chonker 😂😂😂💀
Worst bidet ever.
I've put a rat trap inside the toilet. My dad got castrated. It snapped his balls and now I will never have a brother.
Wade hahahahaha lol.. RIP balls
Wade most of these comments are so funny especially yours!!!!!LOL😂😂😂😂
lmao
level of troll=epic that was funny dude
haahahahahhaahhahahahahaahha please answer hahaha
Imagine pooping and a rat comes up crawling to you. Goosebumps.
*Crawling up
happened to my mom
Aaaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i will shout in 220 decibel
Anyone who’s had a pet rat knows how smart they are. Not surprised they can figure something like this out.
Ok ben.
@@kingfeezy7958 ?
@Legacy X if you're a rat lover you would know about the movie ben. Obviously you're not.
LMAO
@@kingfeezy7958I love rats and I never knew about that movie
I could have lived my whole life not knowing this.
Me too! I hate to know now
Reluctant Recluse yeah this is info I did not need to know.... now i have to check
So Now You Are Dead
Same I didn't know they can do that, now I'm worried, glad we have my sister's cat Kathryn
I could I'm getting trap's.
Why kill it? Just put it on your head, cover it with a chef hat, move to Paris and become Linguini!
+Titus Parker Your comment just made my day.
+Cry But hey, at least your father's spirit still speaks to the rat!
+Titus Parker I would like you to see moving to Paris right now...
lmao
+Titus Parker
The fact that rats can freak people out is creepy yes, but I AM impressed at how they're able to swim the way they do, as well as how they can fit through confined spaces. I never knew that their ribs were able to collapse due to them being being hinged to their spines, and this is just another interesting fact about rats in this world.
The scene with the rats swimming is adorable
XD i died when the rats started swimming
Lol 😂
Exzaviour Alexzander did you see the one that pooped while swimming?
I died too when the rats started swimming. Derpiness overload!
Exzaviour Alexzander RIP
Same 😂😂
I live in a Mexican household, ain’t no rat gonna survive what ever we flush down the toilet.
Anybody care to guess that Mexican household smell?
@@Aries205 tacos
*flushes Chancla down the toilet*
Do you eat that much pepper ? Even ice cream and milk pepper ? Then it is clear why you do not have rats to survive... We had a lot of them at the mine.. They gnawed everything, Newspapers, skin, remnants of life, their broods... There were no mice in the mine where there were rats and woodlice. And at the other mine where I worked there were mice and cockroaches. I don't know how the automatic translator will translate.
Lmao
This is amazing I never knew they could swim for that long!
I've seen it happen. I was renting out a basement with a small toilet attached to it. I wasn't living there, just using the place as storage space. I used to put a brick on top the lid because I was afraid sth like that could happen and guess what? The rat ate through the plastic toilet lid!
Bro…….
🤣🤣🤣
Just when I thought NatGeo is bad enough…
Just when I thought NatGeo is bad enough…
Are you kidding? I guess you'll be looking for a metal toilet lid!
I'm watching this on the toilet
LMAO I am doing the same rn! 😥😂
OcurrenciaTV SAME 😂😂😂
OcurrenciaTV same
Lol. Me too!
Hey... Don't look down
Master splinter just want some feed for his sons
XD
food not feed lol
+Here in my garage knowledge.
i wonder how many rats are in the hollywood hills
Ha yup
i couldnt have been the only one laughing when it showed the rats treading with the music playing in the background lmao they just looked so funny
Now I can never go to the toilet without being paranoid. Thanks a lot NatGeo
Great now i am scared to take a shit
diapers?
lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 me too
Imagine a Rat crawling up your ass.....
In the lower watery bit there is no pockets of air.......at a turn the rat gets a pocket of air
therefore mice should wash their hands before making Ratatouille
Flushed away
Yes hygiene
u play metin?
@@supermike3199 Aeldra mt2 is the real thing
@@tendax8912 little fiends with no life so depressed about it decide to pretend to be someone they’re not. 🤣🤦🏻♂️
I'd be in bed hearing rats screaming downstairs and then I would have to take a shovel and beat it to death. I'm traumatized to this day
Watching the rats swim was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen
Penetrating a human minding one's own business is cute, too
@@ProfessorBiceps not the part where it was swimming up the toilet, the part when they were paddling above water ☺️
@@DanielC- got you, just joking. I find them swimming cute too
Rats don't swim up my toilet after Taco Tuesday.
Wish everyday could be taco Tuesday
Yep
C2L Redstone lmao
f in the chat for the poor rat
lol
After all these years i finally know what the inside of a toilet looks like :D
Alexandra Farinha Who won't be thinking the same thing?! That's why I watched this video
+TheGoldenEagleEye That's not how real toilets are on the inside. Large turds will get stuck on that one.
KINGCALLO FUCK YEAH!
David Robertson Incorrect. The design depicted on the video is doomed to clog with solid feces. Real flush toilets have larger siphons and the sealing water doesn't remain that high unless clogged. It's not about wether or not rats can climb through toilets, *it's about **_toilet_** facts*.
+Maria Donatello That kind of toilet is obsolete. Jet flush toilets are the standard for a couple decades now. In those, the tank valve is way before the sewage pipe. A siphon holds a certain amount of water to act as seal.
“They can tread water for three days straight” As if I needed any more reasons to fear rats, now I know they can tread water longer than me
They're so smart and adorable.
"They can tread water for..." _An hour or so?_ "... Three days straight." 😳
Lmao i can tread water for an hour do some sport
@@bruhg3450 but can you do it for 3 days?
@@bruhg3450 great example for using internet for attention
@@linkmaster253 Challegne acchepted
@@guestguest4487 for for speak properyl
the part with them swimming in the tank made me laugh
Me to
+General Crazy Like they a running from police !!lol
The rats are too cute when swimming
+Asia H no
. I'm an animal lover so the rats are cute to me but there not my favorite
Rat: So there is a path from the sewer to all the houses. Excellent!
I remember seeing this years ago, and I could've gone my whole life without knowing it.
Rats swimming is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen
Left
Center
Up
Down
Middle
Thank you National Geographic for reinforcing my childhood fear.
Lmao
Sad times sad times
So, suicide bombers already are not fear in UK??? It's normal as Sadiq Khan says?
@SINCHAN GHOSH lol ikr they are weak
It could be worse it could be a snake 😂
It makes me anxious at the thought of it getting stuck at any point and suffering.
Thankyou National Geography for increasing my knowledge.
Person at 0:21 : *I'm just gonna pretend I didn't see that*
At least it’s potty trained
Just went "nah fam 💀"
this is the funniest thing i heard today lmaooo XD
@@srishtubaby "heard"?
Rat: guess ill go back then
Just imagine a rat coming out and sayin' - So you ate *tacos* last night.
SORRY I CAN'T EVEN XD
XD
Munch munch crunch
Feel more sorry for the rat after a night of spicy Mexican and beers
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Left Side of my Brain: “I don’t want to watch this.” Right Side of my Brain: “But you must.” Left Side of my Brain: “But why?” Right Side of my Brain: “Because you have no choice.”
You sound like Adam Seles when he got doxed 😮😢
They’re SO CUTE when they swim 😄❤🥰
Everybody gangsta till’ you watch this while on toilet.
Best comment on youtube! Absolutely love it! Sebastian you legend!
I was
I am.
@Clinton Shaun ... You good homie?
@Clinton Shaun D.. Do u want a hug bro?
Me: OH SHIT A RAT IN THE TOILET Me: *throws grenade in*
Cong Mai savage
Cong Mai: (dies) Jesus: Be smarter
Matas The Pro the fuck?
good one
You are an awful human being
This would be a lovely surprise. A free pet! 😀
And then explaining his origin to your child would be interesting
New fear unlocked
Now i'm scared to use the bathroom...
Lumaaa Diz Oi same
Lumaaa Diz Oi me too
HashOne Troll weirdo
Lumaaa Diz Oi same
Lumaaa Diz Oi I always have a feeling if this happening
Imagine flushing ur toilet right before lil homie was about to take a breath
Satisfying
Rip
Poor guy
Poor dude
@n1kkoGFX same )
We live in a very rural area with an aerobic septic system and barn cats roaming around. I don't ever have to worry about this, thank goodness!
This happened at my mother’s rented house about 30 years ago. It was December in Cincinnati. I scooped the half frozen rat out of the toilet with a pot into a 5 gallon bucket. I barely got out the door when it took off.
new fear unlocked 🔓🔓
I would be more happy to find a rat in my toilet than scared because in my opinion they are cute and smart, my friend found one inher toilet and now it is her pet
@@HazelNuggetless i agree
@@HazelNuggetless But it has alot of bacteria and could carry a disease
@@anonymousgoji it was twin to a vet and now it is officially my friends pet
@@HazelNuggetless ok
I appreciate the cameraman who actually went inside the sewers.
Lmao
Yea he really went so far to dive into the sewers to record this vid
Rest In Peace 😔✊🏾
Broooo respects to him dude he really went in the sewers. He’s better at going in small holes than the rat can bro.✊😔
Creative mode *Activated*
Watching this at 4am while sat on the toilet 😭 I’m going to buy a porta potty, if I make it out of here alive!
They won't hurt you lol
When Tom realize that Jerry is a scuba diver
lol
Wait jerry is a rat? I thought he was a mouse
@@KijiTheGreat yes
@@KijiTheGreat rats is a species and mouse is male so Jerry is definitely mouse
Jerry was a house mouse.
...this explains how my ex-wife made it into my house
Livereater00 Goddamn all these Ex jokes 😂😂😂
dog killer no he's saying that his ex is a rat which means liar or snitch
Livereater00 bad day?
Livereater00 oh no😂😂😂😂
Livereater00 haha😂
Happened to me when I was 5 or so, in kindergarten. That day other kids talked about snakes. I had heard about snakes in toilets before so when I went to the bathroom and heard something splattering inside the toilet, I immedately flushed. Well, a rat jumped out and ran towards the door. All I remember was screaming my lungs out and being traumatized for a long time. Couldn't use toilet alone for a while too. But hey, at least I have an anecdote to randomly tell!
I don't know why, but I find the way rats swim very funny!
It's cute
+Alex Kapustin And the music fits perfectly lol
+Yanira .Cantu Yeah.. I laughed so hard when the Rats were swimming
Me too
I find it funny cause it looks like there trying there hardest to move they're little legs
My fellow dudes, protect your balls.
jordan franklin Take a huge dump to clot the hole, you be fine.
Nam Uchiha 😂😂💩💩
Scotty Doesn't Know dare to kenka shimasuka? 😆
Nam Uchiha XD
Scotty Doesn't Know NANI?
My sister once had a rat scramble out of our squat toilet while she was busy taking a dump. We had decided to never say a word about it because it was so embarrassing and freakish but I couldn't stop myself from typing this out after coming across this video.
I'm not the only one who finds swimming little rats cute am i? I'm mean look at their little feet!
They're cute, but I don't want them in my apartment.
I remember once I was about to use the toilet when I heard a squeak. I looked inside and..... My dog's squeaky toy was in there.
LethalGaming 67 probably some gigantic one
But what squeaked it?
Quick poo
Ladybu27 AJ lol!
LethalGaming 67 XDD You killed me like bruh 😂😂
Thanks National Geographic, now i have fear to toilets :)
😄😃🤣😅🤣😃😄😁😀😆😊
Valen c: me too lol
Xoxoxox
Always flush before you sit... Never know when a spider could be hiding unseen :)
Valen c: honestly same... and lol
I have always suspected this, thank you for fueling my nightmares
Watching this while taking a deuce. Great timing!
Why would I watch this right before taking a dump? Wish me good luck.
Rip
+Xiuhcoatl I survived
You returned as a hero.
Hahahahhahah
Good luck bra.
nobody : national geographic : *rats in your toilets*
dude that is really funny
LiTeRalLy
Being bored af
You have 420 likes
@@pordinko Very nice reply.
The occasional cherry bomb flush keeps them at bay. It also doesn't thrill the sewer department workers.
A Vlog A documentary Underground travelling An experiment A funny video A scary movie All in a single video. What a nice job
Taking a shit while watching this and looked back into the toilet and was scared when I saw my shit in there, thought it was a rat lmfao. Never watching this again lmfao
this is the best fucking comment ever
holy shit me too
LOL!I never want to sit on the toilet ever again!
Sitting on the toilet,Sitting on the toilet,now flush!Lol
&
These rats have no business being so damm cute, omg they're adorable
The gift of KZhead recommendations
The rat wil die because of my poison poop
i would just pour bleach into it
MuambuleBoonina 😂😂😂😂
FriendLess my 💩 is toxic boi
FriendLess My farts are so toxic even I have to leave the room I did it in! So the rats might just die when I fart in the toilet.
FriendLess 😂😂😂😂
*How did I end up here?... I didn't need to know this* ✅😨
I searched up exploding toilet meme
Trust me it's sorta useful 😂
That's what the rat said.
ACIDGLOW!!!!!!!!!!!😲😲😲😲😲😲
Well, I clicked on a video about the world's smallest cat and this was a video that was recommended.
Thank you, i found that video informitive and interesting
Unglaublich danke für dieses Video😮
Them: "Rats can tread water for three days straight, and can hold their breath for three minutes!" Me: "who's performing these tests?"
Scientists?
Im just thinking about all the rats that failed the "tests"
Delzanzius That's a scary thought
Dragon heather not really
Yasmin Garcia Certainly not vegetarians
So this is where Master Splinter goes when its commercial time?
lololol
AHAHAHAHAH
Yes
yes I think so lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂
J'ai toujours aimé les rats alors ce documentaire me fait les aimer encore +
Cute rats swimming 😂
This explained why Jerry can get away from Tom all the time
This also explain why Tom chases Jerry.
Jerry is a mouse not a rat
I know the right answer because it's CARTOON
*listens to this vid* * goes to tape down toliet *
Just saw Jerry in my Toilet last Month
I miss 3 minutes ago when i didn't know this existed
For real 😪🖐
@Zoli Oswalt then where?
@Zoli Oswalt i asked where do you live?
@Zoli Oswalt okay, dont tell.
Why did i even click on dis vid TvT..i just-cant..TvT
Shout out to national geographic for perminantly scarring me with this infomation. 5+ years and I still havent recovered
National Geographic insane documentary
*Me on the toilet* No one: Recommended: *Rat in your toilet*
Under rated
That happenend to me 😂😂😂
It happened to me and I got up immediately
This is so me right now lol
Same 😂😂
Female Security Guard: You got a rat in your toilet? HA! HA! Girl that's nasty! *hangs up the phone*.
+Kevin Beswick lmao!!
he that woman was mean
draculaura reviewer she smoked weed on the job! lol!
Kevin Beswick a cockroach flew onto my leg as I was reading this comment, dafuq man!
LJdaEntertainer how's that my fault?
Welp time to add that to the list of fears
Wow, thanks a lot National Geographic, now I never want to sit when I'm pooping.
Not me, when i take a dump, my shit blocks off the hole. The rat will have to eat shit to reach my thicc ass.
same
Am i the only one who thought the rats looked cute swimming?
There cute swimmers!
+Kana Kitten QUICKLY FIX *"THERE"* BEFORE THE GRAMMAR NAZI *CAME,* OH GOD NOW *"THEY'RE"* COMING FOR ME TOOOOOOOO!!!!11!1!1!!11
+ThatGuyGaming No grammar Nazi is coming for you. THEIR just an urban legend. Also yes I thought the rats were adorable.
ColorlessAngelz Mother of god, we need to hide. how about we hide over THEY'RE.... shit
Okay now YOUR just overreacting.
you might not want them in your house...but still they are incredibly cute
29 likes but no reply? lemme fix that real quick
That’s what I’m saying
Plus hey at least you get a free meal with a free epic disease gurantee
Cute ? How are rats cute ?
Pet rats look cute, but real ones look like devils
I Could have gone my whole Life without seeing this 😢
IS IT JUST ME OR THE WAY THEY SWIM IS HILARIOUS BAHAHA
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Nehow
2:29
@@myshir0 im dead😂😂😂😂 [✖‿✖]
Its the music, if you were watching one of those things swiming towards you, I higly doubt you were laughing...
Ratatoilet
Halls of Fear hasegawa is that you? lol😂
😂😂😂😂🐀🐀🐁
🐀 🚽
GODDAMNIT
Pure commentary gold my friend.
The way the rat swims it is just so cute
I guess i never seen this video, would be so satisfying
I got this recommended 3 years later and now 5 years later
Mee too
same lol
@@santhoshsakthi3975 omg hi KZhead love to recommend things 5 years later but it's good too see people like u are interested
Why do you remember what happened 2 years agoxds
@@Rorschach85 a
I'm watching this is in the bathroom while I'm sitting on the toilet help me
iLoveSprinkles run lol
Same
iLoveSprinkles 😂😂😂😂😂😂
iLoveSprinkles thug life
iLoveSprinkles Rats gonna climb up your hole now 😂
I don't think the rat will appreciate a meteor dropping down on it while surfacing
If it's drown or come out of your toilet, I'm coming out of your toilet. Rats deserve a lot more respect than they get. Truly adaptable survivors. Impressive.
Pooping won't be the same after this video.
NAH U POO ON HIS FACE LMAO
Lucky patcher weak
Sidharth Murali i have 2 pet rats give me that rat I won’t care.
True, my worst nightmare
Ikr
Some see a rat, but I see a concerned father that got lost while looking for pizza.
+Nathalie A. What topping did the rat order ?
Paul L Pepperoni, duh
+Nathalie A. After all he does have four teens at home, we all know what appetites they have. :)
TØP YASS
I løve yøur prøfile picture!
If i were to see a rat in my toilet i would just not be able to help myself and flush it.