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An odd creature filmed snaking across a path has turned out to be something very different from what anyone expected.

Despite the animal having the appearance of a long black centipede or a snake, a zoomed in shot actually shows that it is a group of baby RATS and their mother, running across an open road to the safety of a grass verge.

In the bizarre clip, more than half a dozen of the tiny creatures all closely follow each other in a train as they scuttle across the path.

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The rats can be snaking in a zig zag pattern across the road before finally disappearing into some undergrowth.

The footage, which was uploaded to LiveLeak.com by Phew, has clocked up more than 50,000 views in just 15 hours.