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New giant rat species discovered
CNN ^
| September 7, 2009
Posted on 09/07/2009 2:27:43 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Scientists have discovered a new species of giant rat in a remote rainforest in Papua New Guinea.
Measuring 82 centimeters (32.2 inches) from nose to tail and weighing around 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds), the species is thought to be one of the largest rats ever to be found.
The discovery was made by a team from the BBC Natural History Unit inside the crater of Mount Bosavi -- an extinct volcano in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea.
"This is one of the world's largest rats. It's a true rat, the same kind you find in the city sewers," said Kristofer Helgen, a biologist from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, who was part of the expedition team.
Initial examinations of the rat -- provisionally named the Bosavi woolly rat -- suggest that it belongs to the Mallomys -- a genus of rodents in the muridae family which are the largest living species of rodent.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; rodents; wildlife
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To: BulletBobCo
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:28:30 PM PDT
by
Bob Eimiller
(appeasement "it's the idea that if you feed the alligator he will eat you last." Winston Churchill)
To: BulletBobCo
anyone seen Waxman lately?
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:28:47 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: BulletBobCo
Papua NG is an interesting place to be sure - but EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:29:01 PM PDT
by
Principled
(Get the capital back! NRST!)
To: BulletBobCo
First known specimen named Michael Moore?
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:29:02 PM PDT
by
SAJ
(way too late to 'work within the system'. just about time for rebellion)
To: BulletBobCo
Countdown to the first 0bama photo/graphic:
10, 9, 8, 7, 6...
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:29:10 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 229 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: BulletBobCo
The halls of Congress are full of them .
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:29:11 PM PDT
by
lionheart 247365
(-:{ Glen Beck ,,,,,,,,,, An American Patriot }:-)
To: BulletBobCo
Nothing to see here, we had one too until it got brain cancer and died.
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:31:09 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: null and void
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:31:11 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Bob Eimiller
Scientists have discovered a new species of giant rat in a remote rainforest in Papua New Guinea. This is old news. I already saw the giant rats in "The Princess Bride."
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:32:48 PM PDT
by
olezip
To: BulletBobCo
So,,, did they get bigger by evolving? Don’t tell G-Cube!
To: BulletBobCo
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:33:54 PM PDT
by
Chet 99
To: BulletBobCo
I believe the genus name is "Krzyzewski," but known in North Carolina simply as "Ratface."
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:36:58 PM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
(Now with ConstructionCam! Click on my name and follow the progress.)
To: null and void
'I hope you'll all wash your hands a lot'...
'I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms'...
'Protect our environment'...
'There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn't fit in'...
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:37:06 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(To meet decent people these days you have to create them.)
To: BulletBobCo
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:39:19 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("People are idiots." -Thomas A. Caswell)
To: thefactor
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:40:48 PM PDT
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
To: BulletBobCo
Great. Like we don’t have enough of them already!
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:42:28 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: MAexile
Mine is more illustrative of the rodential nature of this strange new creature.
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:44:02 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("People are idiots." -Thomas A. Caswell)
To: Jeff Chandler
To: Bob Eimiller
Giant Rat?
I was going to post a fat picture of Ted Kennedy walking on the beach.... but thought that since he recently dies, it would be perceived as being insensitive.
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posted on
09/07/2009 2:58:31 PM PDT
by
earlJam
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