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Giant rat caught in China
Topic Started: Feb 21 2009, 07:53 PM (255 Views)
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The rat, which weighed six pounds and had a 12-inch tail, was caught at the weekend in a residential area of Fuzhou, a city of six million people on China's south coast.

The ratcatcher, who was only named as Mr Xian, said he swooped for the rodent after seeing a big crowd of people surrounding it on the street.

He told local Chinese newspapers that he thought the rat might be a valuable specimen, or a rare species, and had to muster up his courage before grabbing its tail and picking it up by the scruff of its neck.

"I did it, I caught a rat the size of a cat!" he shouted out afterwards, according to the reports. Mr Xian is believed to still be in possession of the animal, after stuffing into a bag and departing the scene.

The local forestry unit in the city identified the nightmarish creature as a bamboo rat from initial photographs, but said that it would need to examine the rat more closely before making a final identification.

Chinese bamboo rats rarely grow beyond ten inches and are found throughout southern China, northern Burma and Vietnam.

However, the Sumatra bamboo rat, usually found in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan and in the Malay Peninsula can grow up to 30 inches long, including tail, and can weigh up to eight pounds.

A "Giant Rat of Sumatra" is mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes tale: The Adventure of a Sussex Vampire.

All bamboo rats are slow-moving and usually spend their time in underground burrows, feeding on bamboo. Chinese bamboo rats are often sold for meat in Chinese markets. The largest rats in the world are thought to be African giant pouched rats, which can grow up to 36 inches in length.

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Oh hell no! Keep that away from me!
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I hope there are not to many of them around and they started cross breeding.
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The Mule
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thats GOTTA be fake!!
...I knew I should have picked a higher mammal....
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No, man thats real. Freakin Asia and all them freakin animals eh? LOL
i dont mean it the bad way though
ive been to a few countries in asia and i kinda enjoyed my experience there
ive encountered weird stuff during my trip there but nothing like that. I have a feeling its real though. it's like if htey found gigantic roaches I wouldnt be surprise at all
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Every thing looks bigger when you hold it straight out in front of the cam.LoL Thats why you know men! _ Never mind! LoL
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that thing looks more like a possum than a rat......sheesh :swoon:
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the picture is what im having a problem with.....the text says 6 pounds...that thing looks bigger than my 30 lb dog, way bigger than a 6 lb human baby....
...I knew I should have picked a higher mammal....
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naa......looks maybe 8 lbs or so to me (all the hair poofed out doesn't help the look of how much it weighs)
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Mule's right it does look bigger then 6 pounds, But maybe it's just the way the guy is holding it....either way i'm glad it was not found where i live.... :swoon:
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!



*RUNS SCREAMINGGGGGGGGGGG*
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lmao
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lol I just got the idea for a horror film :lmao:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcoBKWTW14
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StrmySummer
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haha....isn't there a B-grade horror movie out there with large rats.....i know there is "Willard" and the sequel to "Willard"--"Ben", but those are just normal size human eating rats..... :lmao:
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I hope you don't mean "Willard"


Rod Serling's "Night Gallery" had an episode about a woman with a tiny Mink on her fur coat....it grew....and grew.....and grew....yeah it was about the size of a dog when the episode ended....
...I knew I should have picked a higher mammal....
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i mentioned "Willard" but that's not really what i was thinkin of.....i thought there was a movie that was with GIANT rats *shrug*
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