Quote Originally Posted by eflatminor View Post
Very unlikely that an apparently dead rat in a trap regained consciousness and then managed to escape. HIGHLY unlikely. What I suspect happened is more likely, though not very pleasant to consider. Rodents have no problem eating their own. I've witness them eating their own recently deceased family members! I suspect your dead rat was pulled from the trap by other rats...and consumed.
Wife seems to think it was a hawk...but they only capture live prey, no?