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Large Gambian Rats Worry Fla. Officials
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| 03 Jan. 2005
| Jim Epperson III
Posted on 01/03/2005 6:42:33 PM PST by pickemuphere
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No joking around on this thread, folks. Gambian rats are serious business.
To: pickemuphere
They look funnier fried than broiled and in a gumbo they are merely humorous.
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posted on
01/03/2005 6:45:25 PM PST
by
TexasTransplant
(NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
To: pickemuphere
Do they fry-up good and tasty?
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posted on
01/03/2005 6:45:45 PM PST
by
angkor
To: angkor
They just need some Viking Kitties to come open a can
of whoop ass.
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posted on
01/03/2005 6:50:10 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
To: pickemuphere
Nasty! Do fire ants eat them? Do they eat fire ants?
Seriously, however, do you have any idea where they came from? The article was a little vague on that.
I imagine they could probably join the possums that snuffle back and forth under my window at night, but on the other hand, I'd rather they didn't. I have too many rodent fights in my backyard at night to add another round.
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posted on
01/03/2005 6:53:15 PM PST
by
livius
To: pickemuphere
They should stop voting for them then.
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posted on
01/03/2005 6:53:39 PM PST
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: pickemuphere
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posted on
01/03/2005 6:55:33 PM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: cyborg
"Plywood is a staple of the Gambian rat's diet."
To: angkor
That's probably how they got here. Back during the Monkeypox outbreak (which probably was imported via said Giant Gambian rats) it was reported the only reason said rats were being imported is the some ex-Africans liked to eat them.
To: pickemuphere
No joking around on this thread, folks. Gambian rats are serious business. Do they not have a sense of humor?
Actually, my wife has some experience in India with similar creatures called "Bandi Goats" and they are not the most popular inhabitants of the area. Gambians are technically pouched rats.
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posted on
01/03/2005 6:59:37 PM PST
by
steve86
To: livius
Seriously, however, do you have any idea where they came from? The article was a little vague on that. Call me a smart@ss...but I'd be willing to bet they're from "Gambia."
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posted on
01/03/2005 6:59:58 PM PST
by
Gerasimov
(John Kerry just got his SECOND dishonorable discharge.)
To: pickemuphere
Good grief... thank some dork with a penchant for exotic animals. I'll bet they have pet piranhas too.
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posted on
01/03/2005 7:02:27 PM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: pickemuphere
From
this link:
Some owners are unprepared for the destructive abilities of these rats. Like other rodents they need to chew, and with their large size and teeth they can do a lot of damage quickly if they are not supervised closely when outside of the cage for playtime.
Eeek.
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posted on
01/03/2005 7:03:11 PM PST
by
mewzilla
To: pickemuphere
No joking around on this thread, folks.Darn! I was all ready to post a picture of Ted Kennedy.
Shucks!
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posted on
01/03/2005 7:03:18 PM PST
by
Petruchio
(<===Looks Sexy in a flightsuit . . . Looks Silly in a french maid outfit)
To: farmfriend
To: livius
This is a perfect example of why exotic pets are a fool's endeavor. Everything from poisonous snakes, reptiles, Gambian Rats (that carry Monkey Pox), large cats, species of African Deer, Wildebeast, birds, and fish if let loose in our environment threaten the American ecosystem. Not only do they thrive without a natural predator, the animals bring with them a plethora of exotic diseases that threaten our livestock and economy. I cringe when some recto anal democrat calls me and says do you know anything about _____animals?. Snakeheads, starlings, nutria, and now these over sized rats are here because some butthead decided he wanted to have an exotic pet.
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posted on
01/03/2005 7:04:38 PM PST
by
vetvetdoug
(In memory of T/Sgt. Secundino "Dean" Baldonado, Jarales, NM-KIA Bien Hoa AFB, RVN 1965)
To: pickemuphere
Boa constrictors. Let them loose into the rat's feeding ground and watch the fur fly. Yuck, bad pun...
To: TheSpottedOwl
I think you're gonna need a bigger boa :)
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posted on
01/03/2005 7:10:40 PM PST
by
mewzilla
To: Gerasimov
Yes, but how did they get here? I don't think the Keys are being flooded with Gambian boat-people (or boat rats).
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posted on
01/03/2005 7:15:59 PM PST
by
livius
To: vetvetdoug
That's probably true. IIRC, gerbils are no longer sold in California because the terrain is so close to their natural terrain that the potential for a "gerbil outbreak" from escaped gerbils is significant. When you consider how fast rodents breed, this is not a joke.
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posted on
01/03/2005 7:18:47 PM PST
by
livius
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