Giant rat found in 'lost world'

Lostinthestates · Post by **Lostinthestates** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:35 pm

[web]https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7149569.stm[/web]

You would hope when a new species was found it would be something nice - and not the largest rat species!!! Just imagine if you found that in your basement

Post by **faceless** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:37 pm

I just posted this in the 'bizarre animals' thread - but you're right, it would be a bit of a shocker haha

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:45 pm

Now we just need a giant cat to be found .. though lack of cats probably contributed to the current situation.

Lostinthestates · Post by **Lostinthestates** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:51 pm

faceless wrote:I just posted this in the 'bizarre animals' thread - but you're right, it would be a bit of a shocker haha

I guess I missed that one - oops!

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:21 pm

Mandy wrote:Now we just need a giant cat to be found...

Have you never heard of lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, panthers, lynx? They'd polish that scruffy thing off for breakfast.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:34 pm

nekokate wrote:Have you never heard of lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, panthers, lynx? They'd polish that scruffy thing off for breakfast.

yep, there's more than one way to skin a giant rat .. but starting with a giant cat allows the next beast up the food chain to be as big as an elephant.

Brown Sauce · Post by **Brown Sauce** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:35 pm

hmmm .. cuddly ..

Lostinthestates · Post by **Lostinthestates** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:04 pm

Brown Sauce wrote:hmmm .. cuddly ..

I do like how the guy is embracing that thing