Chupacabra or mutated rat? (Image)

[Randlet]

This image looks a little weird, also if you're squeamish maybe you'll want to give it a miss.

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Description with the image.
"A rare species of an animal was discovered by a custodial worker in the women's bathroom of the economy faculty of the National University in Santo Domingo, DR. The strange animal was found while drinking water out of a toilet.

The scared worker started screaming for help and a group of students cornered the animal and beated to death with stones and sticks...."

Well it certainly looks like a hairless Rat or Opossum, as for the size hard to tell, looks big then small again. Pretty creepy though.

[sinderella]

Eww, I don't know what it is but if that's a rat then it's the biggest I've ever seen!

[GL]

Hard to tell from the angle, but looks at the large end of the rat size scale where I live.

[Randlet]

That would freak me out, especially if they had no fur like in that image.

[serin]

If it's anything like the rats we got here in Chicago... Then I'd say it's average, if not a little small... No way it's a Chupacabra, as it was put... It's definately a rat... No doubt about it...