These are the bizarre "skirts" Chinese motorists have designed to protect their cars from rats.

 

这些就是中国司机设计的用来防鼠的奇葩“裙子”。
 

 

The troublesome rodents¹ had been spotted² inside the cars and causing serious damage by gnawing³ through wiring.

 

Now car owners in Nanning, in the Guangxi autonomous⁴ region, are using the barriers, dubbed⁵ "car maxi skirts" in China, to keep out the pests.

 

Mr Zhao told Nanning TV: "There are many rats in this area.

 

"Putting these around the cars is a good thing, and it can also prevent small children from scratching them."

 

He said the rodents are a particular problem in the winter when the rats seek out warm hiding places - like next to car engines.

 

Residents in the city have been using fabric⁶, chicken wire and bamboo to make the "skirts".

 

But not all of them have proved a success with another female car owner complaining that a rat had chewed its way through her car's "skirt".

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