Have a Rat!

The rising food prices have recently become a global dilemma. This Tsunami of inflation has left the poor and the hungry in some sort of a collective starvation. While this worldwide crisis has fallen on some governments' deaf ears, India, on the other hand, has found its own method to combat the high food prices.

As the food prices (such as rice) go high, Indian people are highly encouraged to eat rats "in an effort to battle soaring food prices and save grain stocks." And if you're still wondering, NO this is not a joke!

"Eating of rats will serve twin purposes -- it will save grains from being eaten away by rats and will simultaneously increase our grain stock," Vijay Prakash, an official from the state's welfare department, told Reuters.

Officials say almost 50 percent of India's food grains stocks are eaten away by rodents in fields or warehouses.

Who knew that rats were the solution to the increasingly-high food prices?

Bonne appetite, everyone!