Giant Rat Discovered in Indonesia Jungle

[Docker2.0]

This is the photo from MSN above.

That's not big at all. I have seen rats bigger than that in NYC..............in the projects.

 

[Zoken]

It's no RoUS

 

[Albiceleste]

That's not big at all. I have seen rats bigger than that in NYC..............in the projects.

Indeed

 

[FaT_tONle]

That is not 5 times bigger... thats just a little fatter/hairier than a squirrel... and typical rates are half that size.

 

[tzarinna]

Ugh, they are not cute...at all.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

That's not a giant rat...

 

[Hotwire]

This is the photo from MSN above.

I wonder if it hangs out with this thing????

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[tzarinna]

Now that's a giant rat.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

If I squint it looks like the rat has Wolverine claws popped on one paw.

 

[Steve Rogers]

That's not big at all. I have seen rats bigger than that in NYC..............in the projects.

I know. Whoever discovered this "giant" rat needs to get out more.

 

[Hotwire]

Good thing that only lives in the Fire Swamp.

 

[Abaddon]

I've seen city rats about that size. They're not afraid of humans either.

 

[Showtime]

If I squint it looks like the rat has Wolverine claws popped on one paw.

The White T-Shirt Trick

 

[Zero_Vault]

I wonder if it hangs out with this thing????

WTF is that?

 

[bullets]

was that a 'giant rat' earlier or a ferret???

 

[raybia]

By The Associated Press

posted: 17 December 2007 08:51 am ET

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)—Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said Monday.

Unearthing new species of mammals in the 21st century is considered very rare. The discoveries by a team of American and Indonesian scientists are being studied further to confirm their status.

The animals were found in the Foja mountains rainforest in eastern Papua province in a June expedition, said U.S.-based Conservation International, which organized the trip along with the Indonesian Institute of Science.

"The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city rat," said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. "With no fear of humans, it apparently came into the camp several times during the trip."

The possum was described as "one of the worlds smallest marsupials."

A 2006 expedition to the same stretch of jungle—dubbed by Conservation International as a "Lost World" because until then humans had rarely visited it—unearthed scores of exotic new species of palms, butterflies and palms.

Papua has some of the world's largest tracts of rainforest, but like elsewhere in Indonesia they are being ravaged by illegal logging. Scientists said last year that the Foja area was not under immediate threat, largely because it was so remote.

"It's comforting to know that there is a place on Earth so isolated that it remains the absolute realm of wild nature," said expedition leader Bruce Beehler. "We were pleased to see that this little piece of Eden remains as pristine and enchanting as it was when we first visited."

"Ok boys!! crank up the bulldoziers!!

 

[Mr Sparkle]

 

[The Shredder]

This is the photo from MSN above.

That's roughly about the size I figured the rat in "American Psycho" would be when I read the book years ago.

 

[Manic]

That "giant rat" is the size of a chihuahua.

 

[chaseter]

I've seen bigger...

 

[Sam Fisher]

I guess we know what happened to Kritish.

 

[Catman]

This is the photo from MSN above.

Giant? No. However...if I saw that in my house it would scare the [censored] of me.

I've seen city rats about that size. They're not afraid of humans either.

I guess I ain't moving to NY.

 

[Corinthian™]

you beat me to it

 

[Manic]

The rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist.