Hey, I saw this on CNN and thought that someone else might be interested. A one ton rodent was discovered... not too much info on CNN, anyone know more... betcha it would make a cute pet

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/0....rat/index.html

Wow. It's a good thing it fed mainly upon soft vegetables and fruits. It's also a good idea not to dress up like a carrot. You might regret it.

awww man. I thought it was living. very deceptive

Also the article make sa mistake. It was a rodent, not a rat. Rats are part of teh rodent family, but not all rodents are rats. Look at the capibara for example.

As Mekorig pointed out, it's a member of the rodent family, but being of South American origin it's most like a member of the Family Cavidae, which includes Capabara, and the Guinea Pig (of which I personally have five). A couple years ago they found remains of another giant rodent called Phoberomys Pattersoni, it was the size of a cow. I'm attempting to put a link to the article, but I don't know if it will work, since I've never done it before.

Okay, guess the link didn't work, so I'll just copy and paste:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa...05980A84189EEDF

Yeah, I was kinda hoping that the bones were a bit more recent, the article isn't all that clear on it...

that would suck i would like to see the trap set for that thing under the sink lol

Im surprised we havent seen more of these findings. Where there's one rat.....
Pretty amazing to say the least.