A real-life Tom and Jerry! Remarkable moment a feisty rodent turns the table on a cat and scares him away

  • The hilarious footage was captured on camera in Malaysia on Sunday
  • A rat turns the tables on a moggy, intimidating it enough to scare it away
  • The rat's performance proves that confidence and front is everything

This is the remarkable moment a rat turns the table on a cat – in a Tom and Jerry-esque video.

The footage, captured in Malaysia on Sunday, shows the feisty rodent intimidating the feline by employing aggressive tactics.

The video, which was posted on Facebook and racked up over 50,000 views, begins with the cat wondering around an outside corridor and then poking its head into one of the adjoining drains.

Then suddenly the rat appears in a flurry of jumps and squeaks causing the cat to back off.

The moggy attempts to compose itself, however the rat continues jumping fiercely in the cat’s direction causing it to keep backing up.

The tabby cat, which has a docked tail, then sheepishly strolls off clearly not having the belly for a confrontation with the rat.

The rat fiercely leaps towards the cat causing the moggy to back off and eventually skulk away

The rat fiercely leaps towards the cat causing the moggy to back off and eventually skulk away

Hilarious footage is reminiscent of the cartoon Tom and Jerry in which a mouse turns the tables on the cat which hunts it

Hilarious footage is reminiscent of the cartoon Tom and Jerry in which a mouse turns the tables on the cat which hunts it

What makes it more embarrassing is the fact that the cat is far bigger than the rat, and the rat looks to be fairly small for its species.

In this battle of David vs Goliath, David won. 

The rat proves that confidence and front is everything.