Check Out The World's Newest Weird Food Craze, River Rat Burgers!

It's locally sourced, abundantly available, and carbon-neutral.

And it's a rat

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Moscow's newest food craze is nutria, a giant orange-toothed rodent better known as a river rat. The Southern Russia rat is now on the menu of several Moscow restaurants. While eating rat is the ultimate image of poverty and desperation, 35-year-old chef and restaurateur Takhir? Kholikberdiev serves up 550 roubles (Rs 600) burgers, hot dogs, dumplings and other dishes at his Krasnodar Bistro.

"It's a really clean animal; not only is it a herbivore but it washes all its food before it eats. And it's very high in omega-3 acids. A lot of doctors and dietitians recommend it,"Kholikberdiev told the Guardian.

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And the trend seems to have caught on. "Other chefs have started to use it here. And now, if you go to the market in Moscow, they might not have nutria available every day, but they'll get it in for you within a week if you ask," he said.