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Giant cat-sized Rat found..eeek!

QuadShotz

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Giant rat found in 'lost volcano'

The expedition team from the BBC Natural History Unit recorded the rat rummaging around on the forest floor, and were awed by its size.

Immediately, they suspected it could be a species never before recorded by science, but they needed to see a live animal to be sure.

Then trackers accompanying the team managed to trap a live specimen.

"I had a cat and it was about the same size as this rat," says Buchanan.

The trapped rat measured 82cm in length from its nose to its tail, and weighed approximately 1.5kg.
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More of the story and video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8215000/8215144.stm


A 2007 Conservation International excursion to New Guinea identified
"another closely related giant woolly rat (pictured), which can weigh up to 1.4kg",
albeit in the Foja Mountains in the north of the Indonesian half of the island.

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NYC's got them this size. I guess they look big though, to most people.
 
Not all new things are bad.

New Orleans is bigger than Orleans. New York is bigger than York or Amsterdam. And New Guinea rats are bigger than Guinea pigs.
 
thats a pretty good sized rat...

Philipperv said:
I've seen bigger things in my house here in the middle of the night!
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and I remember you just got back from visiting Iggy... ;)
 
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