{"id":28001,"date":"2016-07-20T16:31:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=28001"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:31:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:31:54","slug":"bagel-rat-rides-subway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/bagel-rat-rides-subway\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagel Rat Rides the Subway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York is doubtless the best place for bagels&mdash;and even the rats agree.<\/p>\n<p>In the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn last week, an enterprising rat carting a poppy seed bagel with cream cheese was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2016\/07\/13\/Bagel-Rat-carries-a-cream-cheese-topped-bagel-at-New-York-subway-station\/6681468428331\/\" target=\"_blank\">spotted<\/a> by Chloe Finch near the train tracks. In true New Yorker fashion, the rodent&mdash;dubbed \u201cBagel Rat\u201d&mdash;clearly understands the importance of a good bagel, even at the expense of his safety.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aseMyMskMpg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We all know rats love cheese, and while this one is, as far as we know, the first to make off with a bagel, he isn\u2019t the first to steal a cheese-laden food meant for humans. In September of last year, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2015\/09\/21\/Pizza-Rat-attempts-to-carry-off-slice-in-New-York\/3131442867574\/?spt=sec&amp;or=on\" target=\"_blank\">another rat<\/a> entered a subway station with a whole slice of pizza in hand. Although rumors have floated that Pizza Rat was staged, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/upstream\/matt-little-pizza-rat-gothamist-hoax-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\">no clear evidence<\/a> has indicated that he wasn\u2019t just a run-of-the-mill hungry, mozzarella-lovin\u2019 vermin.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UPXUG8q4jKU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Just recently, at the beginning of July, journalist Ben Popper was lucky enough to witness a Brooklyn squirrel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/6\/30\/12070038\/pizza-squirrel-park-slope-ben-popper-meme-dad\" target=\"_blank\">following suit<\/a>, dragging a slice of pizza up a tree to enjoy it in peace. Undoubtedly, this cheese thief has better taste in ambience than his whiskered predecessor, as well as an unpretentious palate\u2014the plunder appears to be a plain, New York style cheese slice, and he appears to be <em>loving it<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Captured in his natural environment, the rare and elusive Park Slope pizza squirrel <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1mRIn77gPF\">pic.twitter.com\/1mRIn77gPF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Popper (@benpopper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benpopper\/status\/748468402667327488\">June 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pizza-gobbling critters aren\u2019t confined to New York. According to <cite>Vice<\/cite>, a fox in Somerset, England, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en\/articles\/pizza-fox-is-somersets-answer-to-pizza-rat\" target=\"_blank\">enjoying<\/a> some personal pizzas of her own recently. Jimmy, the formerly emaciated vixen, showed up in Maxine and Tony Hawker\u2019s garden three years ago with a bad case of mange, so they began leaving food out for her with medication mixed in. Initially, the Hawkers stuck to giving her dog food, but several months ago they treated her to a slice of pepperoni, and she fell head over heels for it. Now, they give it to her twice a week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s ever so funny,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somersetlive.co.uk\/pizza-loving-yeovil-fox-nursed-back-to-health-now-takes-slices-for-adopted-orphaned-cub\/story-29508512-detail\/story.html\">says Maxine<\/a>, \u201cbecause when I leave dog food, she looks at me as if to say \u2018where&#8217;s the rest?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28004\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/14864792-large.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28004\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28004\" src=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/14864792-large.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Maxine Hawker via Somerset Live\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/14864792-large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/14864792-large-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><small>Photo courtesy of Maxine Hawker via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somersetlive.co.uk\/hungry-fox-spotted-with-three-slices-of-pizza-in-its-mouth-near-preston-road-yeovil\/story-29498662-detail\/story.html\">Somerset Live<\/a><\/small><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>So Bagel Rat isn\u2019t exactly a trailblazer, but he\u2019s joining an illustrious group of cheese-stealing creatures, and we have to admire his pluck. Here\u2019s to you, Bagel Rat&mdash;keep on keepin\u2019 on.<\/p>\n<p><em><small>Feature Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-287800p1.html\">Tatjana Melnik<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-55444378\/stock-photo--rat-and-cheese-isolated-on-white-background.html?src=eO2UO8GwBITk0Ai9SLLorw-1-10http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-55444378\/stock-photo--rat-and-cheese-isolated-on-white-background.html?src=eO2UO8GwBITk0Ai9SLLorw-1-10\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rat with gumption and great taste joins a long line of cheese-nabbing animals in New York and beyond<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":28008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[875],"class_list":["post-28001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cheese-bites"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - 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