Killer king rats?

Rats the sizes of cats are believed to have killed two babies in South Africa.

The Sun reported one baby was even found with its eyes gouged out.

Her mother discovered her child's body and said, "I can't forget how ugly my child looked after her eyes were ripped out.

"She was eaten from her eyebrows to her cheeks, her other eye was hanging by a piece of flesh."

These giant rats grow up to three-foot including their tails - and have front teeth over an inch long.

The killer rodents are believed to be African Giant Pouched Rats - the biggest in the world.

They are nocturnal, omnivorous - eating both plants and animals - and can produce up to 50 young a year.

A second baby girl died in the Soweto township when she was attacked by rats while her teenage mother was out with friends.

Police officer Bongani Mhlongo said:  "The mother of the child was arrested on charges of culpable homicide and negligence."

The deaths appear to be part of a spate of deadly rat attacks in the country.

Last month, 77-year-old grandmother Nomathemba Joyi died after giant rats chewed off the right side of her face.
Source: The Sun

Warm Regard, Sara Pandian