Giant rat eat meat 3 months old baby in South Africa

Baby Lunathi Dwadwa, 3 years old was bitten to death by a giant African mouse while sleeping in a family tent in Khayelisha, Cape Town suburb.

South African police arrested a 26-year-old mother in Katlehong, Johannesburg, for neglecting her children. The woman had left her three-month-old daughter alone at home to go out all night, and when she returned home the next morning, the baby had lost her body parts to mice, died in pain extreme pain, according to Sun.

According to scientists in Africa's Siyabona National Park, the rat-eaten rat is most likely a Gambia kangaroo , one of the world's largest and most ferocious rodents.

Giant mice in South Africa often attack fatal people.(Photo: Sun).

Gambia kangaroos have a very sensitive sense of smell, often trained to detect mines in many countries around the world because they are easier to train than dogs and cheaper. Many Americans also raise this type of mouse as a pet.

However, in South Africa, the home of the rat, they are obsessed with people by cannibal attacks. In 2011, two South African girls also died from eating Gambia kangaroos.

The average Gambia kangaroo is about the size of a domestic cat, the incisors can be up to 3cm long. They are omnivorous rodents, their food varies, from insects to termites, fruits and vegetables and even human flesh, according to Krugerpark.

The victims they target are usually children who are not looked after and cared for by adults. These babies are not strong enough to resist mice that can weigh up to 4kg, length more than 90cm and often die very painfully with the body not intact.

This rat species breeds quickly, with an average gestation period of 27 days, each with 2-4 cows. Their mating time is mainly during the summer, young children mature when they are three months old.