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This giant "rat"?

or this giant rat...

You decide.

1 posted on 09/08/2010 4:08:57 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: Squantos

At least I’ll be replaced by a robot or outsourced to Calcutta.


2 posted on 09/08/2010 4:11:36 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: OldDeckHand

It would have to be the top one. Barney’s nose has been in places no self-respecting sewer rat would even dream of going.


3 posted on 09/08/2010 4:12:50 PM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: OldDeckHand

Be careful little buddy.


5 posted on 09/08/2010 4:14:13 PM PDT by packrat35 (I got your tag line..)
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To: OldDeckHand

Cool story. There was no need to hijack it.


6 posted on 09/08/2010 4:14:22 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: OldDeckHand

I think the U.S. military should let bawney skip along in front of our vehicles in Afghanistan and test out the theory that rats can sniff out explosives.


7 posted on 09/08/2010 4:16:40 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: OldDeckHand

I bet that rat could take that leash off, if he wanted to.


8 posted on 09/08/2010 4:21:48 PM PDT by donna (Sarah Palin: ...all of us, who consider ourselves progressive...)
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To: OldDeckHand

My Dad grew up in Wilkes Barre, PA and many of his relatives worked in the coal mines. Some of us were commenting one day about having to work in the cold and dark with the rats, and Dad said, “Oh no! The miners made friends with the rats and even fed them.”

Upon hearing our collective “WTF?” he enlightened us.

When part of the mine was about to cave in, the rats sensed it first and started running to safety. If the miners saw the rats running, they dropped whatever they were doing and ran with the rats. Many a life was saved that way.

A bit of a chilling tale, but a lesson for us kids. You never know who will turn out to be your best friend.


10 posted on 09/08/2010 4:26:08 PM PDT by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: OldDeckHand
Video of these rats: Hero Rats
12 posted on 09/08/2010 4:33:02 PM PDT by weef
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To: OldDeckHand

Interesting!


13 posted on 09/08/2010 4:55:49 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: OldDeckHand

Giant pouched rats? We have them in Louisiana. We call them ‘possums.


14 posted on 09/08/2010 5:07:23 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: OldDeckHand

“The Giant Rat of Sumatra”


15 posted on 09/08/2010 5:21:17 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: OldDeckHand
Giant rats put noses to work on Africa's land mine epidemic

Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist.

18 posted on 09/08/2010 6:03:36 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
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To: OldDeckHand
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19 posted on 09/08/2010 6:07:03 PM PDT by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: OldDeckHand

Well, I guess rats have made it on to the list of animals that are more useful than cats. Congratulations are in order!


20 posted on 09/08/2010 6:45:50 PM PDT by Boogieman
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