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Giant Rat Captured in China
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| Fri Feb 20 2009
Posted on 02/19/2009 3:52:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
A 2.7kg rat bearing 2.5cm-long teeth has been caught in China.
The nightmarish creature, which has a 30cm tail, was trapped last weekend in Fuzhou, a city along China's south coast, Britain's Telegraph newspaper reports.
The rat catcher, known only as Mr Xian, said he pounced on the creature after spotting a crowd gathering around it.
He said he had to muster up the courage before grabbing its tail and picking it up by the neck.
Mr Xian said he thought the rat may be a rare species or a valuable specimen.
He is believed to still be in possession of the animal after putting it into a bag and leaving with it.
Local wildlife experts believe the rat is a bamboo rat but say they will need to look at more photographs before making a final identification.
Chinese bamboo rats are never normally bigger than 25cm but the Sumatra bamboo rat, found in south-western China, can grow up to 75cm long and weigh up to 3.5kg.
The Chinese bamboo rats are sometimes sold for meat at local markets.
The largest rat in the world is thought to be the African giant pouched rat, which can grow up to 91cm in length.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: china; rat; rodents
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No news on whether he will be running for Senate.
To: nickcarraway
But THIS rat probably paid its taxes.
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:54:23 PM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:54:33 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: nickcarraway
But I thought Nancy was in Rome?
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:55:11 PM PST
by
Califreak
(1/20/13-Sunrise in America)
To: Doogle
Famine has now been declared over in China
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:55:24 PM PST
by
shadeaud
(Time to smell the roses and not the stench coming from D .C.)
To: Nick Danger
Hmmmm, the Giant Rat of Sumatra migrated?
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:55:25 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
To: nickcarraway
ROUS’s? I don’t think that they exist.
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:56:20 PM PST
by
patton
(SPQA - the last, the least and the lost)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:57:05 PM PST
by
Andonius_99
(There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
To: nickcarraway
But I am an environmentally friendly RAT
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:57:43 PM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
("From hell's heart I stab at thee... I spit my last breath at thee." ~ Khan Noonien Singh)
To: nickcarraway
My HP 48G sez that 2.7Kg is close to 2700 grams....about 6 lbs.
Now that some good eatin’!
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:58:16 PM PST
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: nickcarraway
Did he have big ears and a penchant for “soaring oratory”?
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:58:30 PM PST
by
Jagman
(POTUS Interruptus: The natural way to prevent unwanted stimulus packages!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:58:36 PM PST
by
TommyDale
(I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/19/2009 3:59:43 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: nickcarraway
is Hillary in China and taken hostage?
To: dynachrome
Matilda Briggs was not the name of a young woman
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posted on
02/19/2009 4:00:32 PM PST
by
nickcarraway
(Are the Good Times Really Over?)
To: nickcarraway
Hope they don't eat him.
To: patton
To: nickcarraway
I saw that rat’s great, great, great Grand Daddy at a designated rat crossing outside the DOOM club at DaNang AB, Vietnam in 1969. Nothing here move on!
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posted on
02/19/2009 4:04:22 PM PST
by
RVN Airplane Driver
("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
To: max americana
It’s not wearing a pant suit.
To: nickcarraway
member of the dnc
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posted on
02/19/2009 4:07:20 PM PST
by
vigilante2
(I support global warming)
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