Take this new “shower rat” video that everyone is sharing.

A new sensation hit the internet in late January 2018: shower rat. Rat caught on camera taking a shower like a human Georgia Diebelius Monday 29 Jan 2018 9:26 am Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter Share this article via messenger Unlike rats, the pacarana also doesn’t have a long tail.

In a interview with Newsweek, Mr Krentzel, who studies rodent diversity at the University of Chicago, said the animal in the video is bigger than a rat and has a larger face. There is a rat (actually, more likely a pacarana, the South American rodent), covered in what looks like soap, standing in a tub. I can smell a rat! It looks just like it’s taking a human-style shower. THE rat taking a shower, the one from Peru covered in foaming soap and lathering itself in a manner uncannily like a human, had everyone talking. Advertisement.

Titled Rat taking a shower , it has so far garnered over 800,000 views and reposts on Facebook raked in over 7 million views. In a interview with Newsweek, Mr Krentzel, who studies rodent diversity at the University of Chicago, said the animal in the video is bigger than a rat and has a larger face. Bizarre footage shows a rodent showering itself like a human in a sink - but it is not quite what meets the eye. Titled Rat taking a shower , it has so far garnered over 800,000 views and reposts on Facebook raked in over 7 million views.