Teo Armus The Washington Post

When he showed up to install a new wall at a Manhattan apartment over the summer, Robert Petersen says, he didn't have gloves or goggles. So his boss told him to ignore the swarm of rats, including dead animals, that had infested the ceiling.

They're wrapped in seaweed. They're filled with whisky. And they're now drawing a collective groan from the Internet, thanks to their suspicious resemblance to a laundry detergent pack-turned-meme-turned-public health hazard.

The front door to the modest, one-story house in Port Charlotte, Florida, had already been forced open when police discovered two children inside on Thursday. A 5-year-old girl had survived the break-in from a burglar without any injuries, police said.

When he showed up to install a new wall at a Manhattan apartment over the summer, Robert Petersen says, he didn't have gloves or goggles. So his boss told him to ignore the swarm of rats, including dead animals, that had infested the ceiling.

They're wrapped in seaweed. They're filled with whisky. And they're now drawing a collective groan from the Internet, thanks to their suspicious resemblance to a laundry detergent pack-turned-meme-turned-public health hazard.

The front door to the modest, one-story house in Port Charlotte, Florida, had already been forced open when police discovered two children inside on Thursday. A 5-year-old girl had survived the break-in from a burglar without any injuries, police said.