18 when they discovered what looked like a monster drowned rat while dredging the sewers ... somehow ended up in the labyrinthine network of sewer tunnels, where it sat undiscovered for years ...

A rotund rodent with a whole lotta “winter flab” had to be rescued by an entire team of firefighters after she became stuck in a sewer grate ... to dislodge the fat rat and called in volunteer ...

A rat has returned to its rightful place in a sewer in Bensheim, Germany, after being rescued from a manhole cover. And the overweight rodent has captured the collective hearts of the internet.