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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Miss Mia on February 21, 2009, 11:52:12 AM
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Giant rat caught in China (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4688453/Giant-rat-caught-in-China.html)
A giant rat with one-inch-long teeth has been caught in the southern Chinese province of Fujian
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01298/rat_1298860f.jpg)
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.
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Sure, great idea, catch the giant rat by the tail.
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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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Try to stay away from the Chow Mein for the next few days.
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They have been eating giant rats in LA for quite some time. Nutria ... and those things get BIG. I have never eaten any of it but the meat doesn't look bad.
KC
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This is why I never ate at street carts in Korea.
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They have been eating giant rats in LA for quite some time. Nutria ... and those things get BIG. I have never eaten any of it but the meat doesn't look bad.
KC
I think I'll stick with giant rabbits. :p
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This,Ladies and Gents is why we have guns.
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I've seen wharf rats out by the Bremerton ferry terminal that were that big. Was waiting for a ferry one evening, and watching a seagull orbiting a nice tasty piece of dead fish head lying on the shore, when this big ol' brown wharf rat literally jumped about 6 feet in the air, grabbed the gull by the throat, landed, and then proceeded to start eating the gull, while it was still struggling. The rat was so big, it didn't care.
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At first I thought this was going to be about Hillary Clinton's visit to China. Then I saw it was a Lounge thread.
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I think I'll stick with giant rabbits. :p
Eat me.
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Eat me.
Well, maybe not you specifically, but I do enjoy eating a nice, tasty rabbit now and then.
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Giant rat caught in China (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4688453/Giant-rat-caught-in-China.html)
A giant rat with one-inch-long teeth has been caught in the southern Chinese province of Fujian
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01298/rat_1298860f.jpg)
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.
I'ma have to get me a bigger fryer. :-)