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Remains of Earth's largest rat discovered
Posted on Tuesday, 27 July, 2010 | 13 comments
Remains of the largest rat every to walk the planet have been discovered in a cave in East Timor.
The massive rodent was three times the size of its modern counterparts, weighed as much as a small dog and is believed to have died out 2000 years ago.
Dr Ken Aplin, who was part of the team that unearthed the remains, said that the find proved that rats dominated the East Timorese animal kingdom about five million years ago.
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#9 Posted by Eldorado on 27 July, 2010, 15:20Jeez...am imagining 3 thousand of those running down my street.
#10 Posted by thewild on 27 July, 2010, 23:30they aren't lying, theirs is the largest rat alive! this guy discovered the largest dead rat. Too bad you don't have a pic of the largest live rat just the circus tent it lives in lol
#11 Posted by Oen Anderson on 28 July, 2010, 6:54I saw a musk rat once that had a tail about two feet long and it was pretty big, maybe eight pounds. It made some awful hissing noises as it crossed the street and everyone stopped and stared at it. It was quite a sight.
#12 Posted by pixiii on 28 July, 2010, 7:51Big vermin.
#13 Posted by Belial on 28 July, 2010, 8:01Finger licking good
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