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Plucky Rat Stands Up To Three Angry Dogs Before Finally Succumbing To Flip Flop

This is the moment a feisty rat bravely squares up to three dogs that try to kill it before finally meeting its match with aflip flop thrown by a bystander.

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The scrap was filmed by shop assistant Rosemeire Mansano in a square in the centre of the Brazilian city of Sao Vicente during a heavy downpour on 30th May.

The footage shows how the rat manages to outfox three dogs trying to snatch it between their jaws, even appearing to square up to the much larger animals at times.

The dogs fight a rat in Sao Vicente, Brazil, on 30th May. (@rosemansano/Newsflash)

According to Rosemeire, the rat crawled out of a manhole during the downpour and was instantly attacked by the trio of canines.

She decided to take out her phone and record the game of cat and mouse – or dog and rat – which took place right in front of her workplace.

However, despite looking like ‘David’ might actually vanquish his three Goliaths, the rat eventually succumbed to an unlikely flip flop thrown by a bystander.

The dogs fight a rat in Sao Vicente, Brazil, on 30th May. (@rosemansano/Newsflash)

Another man is then seen picking the lifeless rodent up by the tail and taking it away in the footage that has been viewed thousands of times on social media.

Rosemeire said there were another two rats nearby, which she was unable to film. It is not clear if they met the same undignified fate.

Instagram page ‘Newvisiontec’ saluted the plucky rodent, commenting on the clip: “Brave rat. It died with honour.”

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