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Cannibalism in rodents is not unusual. Rats are scavengers and will eat the corpses of deceased rats so the smell doesn't attract predators to their colony or nest, as well as to conserve nutrients when food is hard to find.. In the wild, rats are usually scavengers but are also predators (especially of smaller mammals, insects, and birds). Animals in this position of the food web have instincts and adaptations to help them both be good hunters and defend or escape predators. A rat's predatory instincts are more subtle. Standing on hind legs is not usually play but rather a confrontation to determine dominance. Pregnant rats sometimes become aggressive to other rats.
Cannibalism is an instinct of wild rats that occurs far more often in mice and other smaller rodents. Some rats will eat the bodies (or parts of them) of other rats under some conditions such as (dead) babies or youths in a litter or a dead cage mate. Rat cannibalism was filmed by Heiko Kiera in 2013.
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