A 24-year-old Brisbane man is under investigation following his release of a video on Facebook in which he appears to bite the head off a live rat and swallow it.

The RSPCA seized 17 rats and a python from a home in Albion after a video was posted to Facebook seemingly depicting Matt Maloney biting the head off the animal.

Matt Maloney allegedly bit the head off a live rat in a Facebook video posted on Tuesday. Credit:Mad Matts vids

The video, since shared more than 200,000 times on Facebook, showed Mr Maloney storm into a room, get hit by a fluorescent tube, allegedly bite a rat's head off and wash it down with three shots of vodka, get punched in the face, and have a chair broken over his back.

RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty said the seized rats and python would stay at the RSPCA pending possible charges under the animal care and protection act.