This is the revolting moment a mum finds a dead rodent sealed into her seven-week-old baby's nappy after an early morning change.
Shocked Mariana Sobral, from Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, had swapped her son's nappy during a bleary-eyed 3:30 am change and did not notice a strange lump in the new one.
But when she changed it again four hours later, she felt a bizarre bulge in the nappy's padding.
Picture shows the diaper that Mariana Sobral reported had a dead rat, undated. The incident happened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 20, 2025. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash/NX)
When she peeled away the covering, she told local media that she was horrified to find a dead rodent, which appears to be either a juvenile rat or a mouse, sealed inside.
Mariana believes it had crawled into the padding during the manufacturing process but was then crushed and sealed inside on the production line.
A speck of what appears to be rodent blood can be seen on one of the wings of the diaper.
Picture shows Mariana Sobral,undated. She reported a diaper had a dead rat, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 20, 2025. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash/NX)
Now, after being given the runaround by the makers, not named in local media, she took to social media on 2nd June and reported them to Brazil's consumer police.
Mariana said: "The shock came the next morning around 7:30 am when I went to change the nappy and I realised there was a foreign body in it.
"In horror, I thought in that moment I had to clean my baby and then call the maker's customer service.
Video shows the diaper that Mariana Sobral reported was having a dead rat, undated. The incident happened in Rio de Janiro, Brazil, on May 20, 2025. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video(Newsflash/NX)
"I called them and at no time was the response concern for my son.
"All they were worried about was that this might be a prank."
Medics have told Mariana to monitor her son closely for signs of rodent-borne infections like leptospirosis, which causes fever and vomiting.
The police are investigating Mariana's claims.
(Joseph Golder / newsX)