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Rare giant rat that can grow to the size of a baby and chew through coconuts caught on camera for first time
CBS News ^ | NOVEMBER 29, 2023 / 9:51 AM EST | BY LI COHEN

Posted on 11/29/2023 12:48:00 PM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 11/29/2023 12:48:00 PM PST by Red Badger
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Australia - where everything in nature can kill you!


2 posted on 11/29/2023 12:49:20 PM PST by PGR88
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The giant rat of Sumatra-—a tale for which the world is not prepared...


3 posted on 11/29/2023 12:52:13 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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Matilda Briggs was not the name of a young woman, Watson, ... It was a ship which is associated with the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared.


4 posted on 11/29/2023 12:55:15 PM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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Rodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist.


5 posted on 11/29/2023 12:55:56 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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“The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”.........................


6 posted on 11/29/2023 12:56:18 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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“The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”...................


7 posted on 11/29/2023 12:56:49 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

Thanks. I couldn’t remember the exact words.


8 posted on 11/29/2023 12:57:50 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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9 posted on 11/29/2023 12:58:29 PM PST by Varda
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And don’t forget the Firesign Theatre album.


10 posted on 11/29/2023 12:59:23 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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Looks a lot like a nutria. We saw them often In Louisiana.


11 posted on 11/29/2023 12:59:27 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Rodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist.

Most live in NY, but the GOP has several sub variants who dwell in the DC Fire Swamp.

12 posted on 11/29/2023 1:00:13 PM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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I think we’re all bozos on this bus. Squeeze the wheeze!


13 posted on 11/29/2023 1:00:35 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Don’t crush that dwarf; hand me the pliers.


14 posted on 11/29/2023 1:01:18 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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... and reportedly can chew through coconuts with its teeth,

They can also cut through the coconuts with their laser eye powers.

15 posted on 11/29/2023 1:01:56 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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Classic.


16 posted on 11/29/2023 1:02:10 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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17 posted on 11/29/2023 1:03:04 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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> It’s believed that of the animals documented, one is a male while the others are female.

Oh yeah, that one in the photo is a male. At least, physically male. It may identify as female.


18 posted on 11/29/2023 1:04:23 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (You can vote your way into Socialism, but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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ROUSes are bigger.


19 posted on 11/29/2023 1:04:48 PM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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It is difficult to determine the size of the animal by the photo shown.


20 posted on 11/29/2023 1:06:50 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Land is simply a place I visit until I can return to the sea.)
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