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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:38 PM
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AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!! Giant killer rat!!!!!!


Scientists in Uruguay have found the fossil remains of a 2,000-pound rodent that lived 2 million to 4 million years ago — the largest rodent ever found.

The giant creature probably ate soft food such as fruit or tender plants, Andres Rinderknecht and Ernesto Blanco of the National Museum of Natural History in Montevideo reported on Wednesday.

"We report the discovery of an exceptionally well preserved fossil skull of a new species of rodent, by far the largest ever recorded," they wrote in a report in Britain's Proceedings of the Royal Society.



I'm sure it ate soft food... like HUMAN FLESH!!!:scared:
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:22 PM
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1. Dimmesdale!
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:22 PM
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2. lol
That was Spiny Norman - a hedgehog.
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:25 PM
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3. I'm sorry; I have a cold!
:hi:
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:31 PM
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4. Here, kitty kitty! n/t
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:34 PM
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5. I don't think it could stand up to this, though
the giant 8 foot long scorpion...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071121-giant-scorpion.html
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:43 PM
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6. An ROUS!!!
(rodent of unusual size)
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