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A Brief, and Disgusting, History of 'Ratzillas'

An uber-rodent recently found in a Swedish kitchen is not the first humongous rat to horrify the world.

Waves of disgust are spreading through the online world, and for that you can thank a family in Stockholm who killed a rat so big and ugly people have named it Ratzilla. (The news site Aftonbladet has even provided a zoom tool for the gigantic dead rat, should you want to really get in there close.)

But this swole Swede rodent is far from the first grossly oversized rat to horrify the planet. Recent history is crawling with similar Ratzillas – below, find a few of the more eminent examples: