--- title: This Rat Hates Broccoli More Than You Do description: Broccoli is for the birds canonical: https://time.com/3673796/this-rat-hates-broccoli-more-than-you-do/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-19T21:35:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:03.453Z og:title: This Rat Hates Broccoli More Than You Do og:description: Broccoli is for the birds og:url: https://time.com/3673796/this-rat-hates-broccoli-more-than-you-do/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Rat Hates Broccoli More Than You Do twitter:description: Broccoli is for the birds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Rat Hates Broccoli More Than You Do by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 19, 2015 9:35 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 19, 2015 9:35 PM UTC Dexter the rat hates broccoli. In this video making the rounds of the web, the furry little rodent makes his opinion about the dreaded green stuff abundantly clear—not only does he not want to eat it, he doesn’t even want to be in the same room as it. The only way Dexter’s rejection of the little cruciferous could be more adorable is if he had a [French bulldog puppy](http://time.com/3652366/french-bulldog-puppy-tricks/) to pass it off to. Perhaps his owner should point out that eating more vegetables can [increase your longevity](http://time.com/45790/eating-more-vegetables-can-almost-halve-your-risk-of-dying/), that [broccoli sprouts](http://time.com/3503738/autism-broccoli-sprout-compound/) can help with autism, broccoli can [ease arthritis](http://healthland.time.com/2013/08/28/broccolis-benefits-in-preventing-arthritis/), and that it is very [high in calcium](http://time.com/3265401/14-high-calcium-foods/)? Or maybe they should[ try a different cooking technique](http://time.com/3024763/vegetables-think-dont-like/) altogether to convince the little guy that broccoli is a delicious snack. [Cheese](http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/24/ditching-the-chips-study-finds-kids-give-cheese-and-veggies-the-thumbs-up/), perhaps? Don’t tell his starving subway rat brethren, because they probably aren’t too good for free food—even if it is broccoli. \[H/T [_Reddit_](http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2swvgx/the%5Fcutest%5Fbroccoli%5Frefusal%5Five%5Fever%5Fseen/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3673796/this-rat-hates-broccoli-more-than-you-do/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3673796/this-rat-hates-broccoli-more-than-you-do/"},"headline":"This Rat Hates Broccoli More Than You Do","datePublished":"2015-01-19T21:35:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:03.453Z","description":"Broccoli is for the birds","url":"https://time.com/3673796/this-rat-hates-broccoli-more-than-you-do/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Vegetables","viral","Videos","Viral video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3673796/this-rat-hates-broccoli-more-than-you-do/","name":"This Rat Hates Broccoli More Than You Do"}}]}] ```