Twitter Thread: Carnival Promotes Giant Rat Viewing, Woman Kicked Out For Revealing Dupery

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kalila courban
Feb 15, 2022 12:00 PM EST

Hey friends! When was the last time you went to a carnival? We can barely remember the last time we went, but we have such fond memories from childhood of going to our local carnivals, playing games, and winning cool prizes. The best prizes were the stuffed animals, obviously. Well, not everyone has such fond carnival memories. 

The original poster of this hilariously ridiculous Twitter thread was straight up duped when a carnival charged him a whole dollar to see the world's largest rat. Turned out, the rat was no rat, it was a big old capybara, and OP revealed this lie to the rest of the viewers! Well, the carnival organizers did not like that she had exposed them, so she was kicked out of the giant rat tent. And without a refund at that! RIP to OP's dollar, she will not be seeing that again. 

Capybaras are the world's largest rodents, so they do share some cousins with rats, but they are their own species entirely! If you're a long-term reader of ICanHasCheezburger, then you'll know by now that capybaras are taking over the world, and they started with this carnival, apparently. 

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    Font - i bless the rains down in castamere ... @Chinchillazlla when I was a kid, I paid $1 to see "the world's largest rat!" at a carnival. went inside and it was just a capybara, which I announced to everyone. got kicked out of the giant rat tent just for knowing my animals 6:53 PM · Feb 12, 2022 · Twitter for Android 11K Retweets 477 Quote Tweets 213.8K Likes
    via @Chinchillazlla

    Somebody get this person a refund! That is a whole dollar that they will never see again, and all for a falsely advertised 'giant rat.'

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    Font - i bless the rains down in castamere @Chinchillazllla didn't even get my dollar back 6:54 PM · Feb 12, 2022 · Twitter for Android 39 Retweets 1 Quote Tweet 8,509 Likes
    via @Chinchillazlla

    Dang. It ain't right. 

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    Property - i bless the rains down in castamere @Chinchillazlla The painting advertising it was very similar to this lol ME DRINKS GALLONS ALIVE WATE REAL Gian CATO BAILY FOUR FEET LIVE WILD ANIMAL GIANT RAT ALIVE GIANT RAT ALIVE 100 LBS. BIG! 100 LBS. BIG! GIANT RA ALIVE FOUREET NG wout THE TAL RTNG 100 LBS BIG wTHOUT THE 8:56 AM · Feb 13, 2022 · Twitter for Android 65 Retweets 11 Quote Tweets 7,301 Likes
    via @Chinchillazlla

    Okay, we are terrified. But also intrigued. 

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    Font - i bless the rains down in castamere ... @Chinchillazlla I admit "four feet long without the tail" is a good one 8:56 AM · Feb 13, 2022 · Twitter for Android
    via @Chinchillazlla
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    Rodent - Fernando @FernandoTomina Replying to @Chinchillazllla They could've at least used a Nutria (it is almost as big as a capybara and is technicaly a rat)... 6:37 AM · Feb 13, 2022 · Twitter for Android
    via @FernandoTomina
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    Font - Tabby a Kagubatan @KagubatanTabby ... Replying to @Chinchillazllla You were kicked out for breaking Kayfabe. Like everyone knows its not a rat rat. they might not know what a capybara is, just that what they see is a rodent of extraordinary size. just like they know the strongman isn't actually lifting 1 Ton weights. 8:12 PM · Feb 12, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone
    via @KagubatanTabby
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    Font - Alex Paulk @alexpaulkwrites Replying to @Chinchillazllla I saw those guys at our fair once. Carnies we're yelling into a bullhorn “A RAT THAT IS OVER FOUR FEET LONG" and other stuff and the adult with me (my dad or pastor, can't remember) whispered to me “Don't believe them." But I always wanted to see what the rat looked like 99 10:18 PM · Feb 12, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone
    via @alexpaulkwrites
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    Dog - Only Max @SOlarMax Replying to @alexpaulkwrites and @Chinchillazllla The rat in question:
    via @SOlarMax
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    Vertebrate - Rat/Octavious @RainbowRat63 Replying to @Chinchillazllla Not a giant sized one but here's 1 out of my rats
    via @RainbowRat63
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    Font - Min Yoonji I| @rattixempire1 Replying to @Chinchillazllla How does someone look at a capybara and think "rat...? Yeah, that is legit." Like, have they ever seen a rat before.... you don't even have to know what a capybara is to know its not a rat... It is a shame they kicked you out without a refund 1:27 AM · Feb 13, 2022 · Twitter Web App
    via @rattixempire1
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    Rectangle - Gabriel Pettier O MRNA ... @tshirtman Replying to @rattixempire1 and @Chinchillazllla Well, it *is* the largest rodent alive, so it's very much related to rats, and as "rat" is usually used to describe multiple species, it's not that big of a stretch. 5:54 AM · Feb 13, 2022 · Twitter Web App
    via @tshirtman

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