For the first time, a brown rat has been caught on camera actively hunting bats. While it’s undeniably impressive that rats can grab their supper mid-air, the new footage does not bode well for the bats. Brown rats are, in fact, the very same rats that scurry around New York City subway stations and drive tiny cars. And wherever humans are, you can bet brown rats are living there, too. The team analyzed camera footage captured over several months between 2021 and 2024, during times when the bats were most active.