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this charming man
16th January 2008, 05:49 AM
wow one ton...impressive.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/01/16/super.rat/index.html

The giant rat's skull, which measures an impressive 53 centimeters in diameter was found by Andrés Rinderknecht and Ernesto Blanco, two scientists from Montevideo, Uruguay.


It seems that natural selection weeded out the super-large rodents.

Do you think that this is because smaller rodents can breed easier, find food easier, require less food, and hide/find shelter easier?
Michael Redman
16th January 2008, 06:53 AM
Maybe someone drained the Fire Swamp.
Madalch
16th January 2008, 11:10 AM
Do you think that this is because smaller rodents can breed easier, find food easier, require less food, and hide/find shelter easier?
What does a one-ton rat need to hide from? A ten-ton cat?
this charming man
16th January 2008, 11:13 AM
What does a one-ton rat need to hide from? A ten-ton cat?


lol:D

I think they supposedly lived around the same time as the Saber Tooth Cats though...
Piscivore
16th January 2008, 01:38 PM
What does a one-ton rat need to hide from?

His cousin the aerobics instructor?
BenBurch
16th January 2008, 01:42 PM
They are not extinct, though.

One resides right now at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC.
Big Les
16th January 2008, 02:39 PM
This is old news (http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/animals/animals-headlines/'look-at-the-size-of-this-***********-rat'-say-zoologists-20071218608/).
fuelair
16th January 2008, 02:45 PM
:d:d:d:d:d
fuelair
17th January 2008, 07:23 AM
They are not extinct, though.

One resides right now at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D





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