Thread:B1bl1kal/@comment-5889551-20170909230103/@comment-29644557-20170909233716

Sorry, I didn't get deletion logs.

However, the rat doesn't act just liuke a normal animal. It isn't looking for food or anything, and its shown as trying to kill the human baby. We don't know why, but its not acting out of survival or necessity. The book versions clarify it as a villain, too.