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Giant Rat Found in 'Lost Volcano'
BBC ^ | BBC

Posted on 09/06/2009 11:03:01 PM PDT by Dallas59

A new species of giant rat has been discovered deep in the jungle of Papua New Guinea.

The rat, which has no fear of humans, measures 82cm long, placing it among the largest species of rat known anywhere in the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: rat; rodents; wildlife
For Your Amusement. Enjoy!
1 posted on 09/06/2009 11:03:03 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

35 inches...nice.


2 posted on 09/06/2009 11:04:34 PM PDT by Rick_Michael (Have no fear "President Government" is here)
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To: Rick_Michael

Placid...unable to defend itself....


3 posted on 09/06/2009 11:05:09 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

Now we know where to send Nanzi Pelozi.


4 posted on 09/06/2009 11:05:26 PM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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To: Dallas59

OK, its a big rat, NEXT!


5 posted on 09/06/2009 11:06:11 PM PDT by Duckdog (If it wasn't for NASCAR my TV would have gone out the window years ago!)
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To: Dallas59

Atsa bigga rat!


6 posted on 09/06/2009 11:07:27 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: Dallas59
'E not big enough...but
There's always, Micheal Moore and Gerald Nadler

7 posted on 09/06/2009 11:07:54 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
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To: Dallas59

OOOH! The Democrats have found their new symbol, now they’re not stuck with that lame donkey anymore!


8 posted on 09/06/2009 11:08:03 PM PDT by CaliGirlGodHelpMe
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To: Dallas59

Watch video of it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8210000/8210394.stm


10 posted on 09/06/2009 11:09:50 PM PDT by OldSpice
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To: Dallas59

That’s an unusual size for a rodent. Very unusual.


11 posted on 09/06/2009 11:10:04 PM PDT by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

LOL, was it attacked by honey bees?


12 posted on 09/06/2009 11:10:26 PM PDT by OldSpice
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To: Dallas59

13 posted on 09/06/2009 11:10:32 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Dallas59
Soon to be the next Green Jobs Czar.
14 posted on 09/06/2009 11:11:31 PM PDT by Rocko (Alinsky, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Dallas59

That is a rodent of unusual size. I didn’t think they existed.


15 posted on 09/06/2009 11:12:06 PM PDT by xjcsa (And these three remain: change, hope and government. But the greatest of these is government.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority
82 millimeters?
16 posted on 09/06/2009 11:12:07 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: Dallas59

17 posted on 09/06/2009 11:12:16 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: krb; Dallas59
That’s an unusual size for a rodent. Very unusual.

The "ROUS?" They're probably just a myth...

18 posted on 09/06/2009 11:12:22 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Question Liberal Authority
Your going to get ZOTTED, for that!
You've been warned.

19 posted on 09/06/2009 11:12:58 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
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To: Safrguns
Did Barney get caught running another queer whorehouse out of his apartment again, because that sure looks like a police booking photo.
20 posted on 09/06/2009 11:14:15 PM PDT by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

No point in mincing words! You’re an idiot!


21 posted on 09/06/2009 11:14:42 PM PDT by old school
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To: kingattax

That was quick


22 posted on 09/06/2009 11:15:30 PM PDT by Duckdog (If it wasn't for NASCAR my TV would have gone out the window years ago!)
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To: krb
Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.


23 posted on 09/06/2009 11:15:39 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Dallas59

Giant Rat?

24 posted on 09/06/2009 11:17:15 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Dallas59

I’d say closer to guinea pig than street rat.


25 posted on 09/06/2009 11:17:43 PM PDT by allmost
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To: kingattax
Pelosi's Salt-Hill Harvest Rat
26 posted on 09/06/2009 11:18:52 PM PDT by taraytarah
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To: Dallas59

Sits...on...hands...to...stop...from...posting...Teddy...Kennedy...pic...

;-)


27 posted on 09/06/2009 11:19:27 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: Dallas59

They taste like Chicken

TT


28 posted on 09/06/2009 11:22:45 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: TexasTransplant
They taste like Chicken

A bit more crunchy than the Spotted Owl.

29 posted on 09/06/2009 11:25:37 PM PDT by 1035rep (The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority

LOL!!!


30 posted on 09/06/2009 11:33:05 PM PDT by BruceysMom
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To: Dallas59

I can’t let my Rat Terrier see this. She’ll start working out and I’m just too old to keep up.


31 posted on 09/06/2009 11:35:52 PM PDT by BruceysMom (My dumb heart is in Hermiston. Hasn't even sent me a melon.)
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To: 1035rep

Let your breading set a bit longer and increase the oil temp to 335 deg, if that doesn’t work just deep fry half as long and finish under a broiler after it rests 5 minutes out of the fryer.

Down right Crunchy then... tried both methods on some California Condor and some Endangered California Kangaroo Rats and it works every time.

TT


32 posted on 09/06/2009 11:43:15 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: Dallas59

You see, I got this rat...

33 posted on 09/06/2009 11:44:44 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
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To: Question Liberal Authority
"82 centimeters sounds like a lot, until you realize it’s the same size as my penis."

Hey brother, the article said the rat is 82 centimeters long, not 82 millimeters. Lol!

34 posted on 09/07/2009 12:35:36 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo
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To: krb

The capybara is the largest rodent on earth at over 4ft in length and weighing around 150lbs. There are other rodents larger than this rat. But that IS a big rat, although it doesn’t really look like any rat I’ve seen. It’s very cute.


35 posted on 09/07/2009 2:05:59 AM PDT by Free2BeMe
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To: Dallas59

The soul of Ted Kennedy reincarnated into a giant rat.
No surprise


36 posted on 09/07/2009 6:11:37 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: The Cajun

lol... u right... but no, i just pulled that off google


37 posted on 09/07/2009 6:36:07 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Dallas59

Many years ago while working nights (third shift) as a computer operator, I saw an absolutely HUGE rat while on my way to work. It was in Grant Park in Chicago and it was at least s large as a medium size dog.

I could tell it was a rat by it’s hunched back while it was walking.

Somwhow demon rats and Chicago seem to go hand in hand.


38 posted on 09/07/2009 11:28:37 AM PDT by dglang
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To: Dallas59

Looks like the BBC slithered down that slope to discover a Nutria which is a rat and larger than what they found.

39 posted on 09/07/2009 11:42:55 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . fasl el-khital)
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