A rat having its bath was caught on camera calmly rubbing soap into its fur, even pausing to scrub its armpits clean.

The video was reportedly filmed in a Peruvian DJ’s bathroom sink – shows the rodent perfectly balanced on its hind legs as it rubs down its coat.

Many viewers were initially sceptical about the unverified video, suggesting it was a fake. Experts now say it is a rat but the creature is probably in agony, not “showering” as first suggested. Tuomas Aivelo, a researcher in urban rat biology at the University of Helsinki in Finland, has now said it was “totally possible” that the rat was in pain from the soap.

He told Gizmodo: “The movements are pretty strange. A rat wouldn’t do that unless there’s something it really wants to get rid of.”

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He added: “It just wants to get rid of the soap.”

The video of the rat washing itself has already racked up more than 37million views on social media after being posted on Reddit.

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