Giant Rat

Muise... · 27-03-2014 08:41PM

Vision of Disorder wrote: »

After reading Links234's post I quickly skimmed through the rest, hoping against hope that nobody would make the inviting Princess Bride retort...

I hope you get lost in the Fire Swamp Muise. :P

As you wish.

Iwannahurl · 27-03-2014 08:42PM

Jake1 wrote: »

Sweet jesus, I would die on the spot if I found that had chewed its way into my kitchen.

Fook me :eek:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26764929

Several years ago I caught one only slightly smaller (30-35 cm iirc) in the rural chalet where I was living at the time.

The trap didn't kill him instantly, and in his death throes he smeared blood all over the floor. It looked like a murder scene.

When I complained to the landlord about my personal Ratzilla he told me it was just a normal part of country living.

mikom · 27-03-2014 08:43PM

Nice to see the kid from "Gummo" again........

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73861000/gif/_73861272_boys.gif

http://www.soundonsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gummo-01v.jpg

gjc · 27-03-2014 09:09PM

Ratzilla...... Can't wait for the movie !!

humbert · 27-03-2014 09:20PM

Next to the rest of that family the rat looks pretty normal.

WoollyRedHat · 27-03-2014 09:38PM

Rats out!

gjc · 27-03-2014 09:43PM

humbert wrote: »

Next to the rest of that family the rat looks pretty normal.

That beard moustache thing gave me a laugh!

YFlyer · 27-03-2014 10:34PM

Photo of the rat in the kitchen before he got killed

http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/roland%20rat%20feb%202013.jpg

razorblunt · 27-03-2014 10:49PM

corner of hells wrote: »

My grandfather had a JackRussell who was the area rat catcher on the road he lived on , a lot of his neighbours and friends kept canaries so Bobby was regularly called in to kill any rats or mice who were feeding of seed in the sheds the birds were kept in.
In saying that Bobby bit me , about 15 of my cousins ,a few aunts and uncles , various callers to the door and last but not least the man in the vets on his last day ..... not the vet just some Joe with a cat in a cage.

RIP Bobby.

Do I have a dog , I hear you ask ....yep a JackRussell.

Atta boy Bobby go out fighting!

Beano · 27-03-2014 10:54PM

ScumLord wrote: »

That's just a normal rat, they can get even bigger up to 28cm.

The one in the article is bigger. It is 40cm.

Beano · 27-03-2014 10:56PM

blingrhino wrote: »

It's like a mouse compared to some of the monsters in Bangkok !!

+1 on that. Those things are the of jack russell terriers.

AngryHippie · 27-03-2014 10:56PM

Massive Rat
http://www.prepperforums.net/forum/attachments/survival-cookbook/3689d1387074704-burgoo-my_nutria.jpg

I saw one of these back in 2000 in Portland Oregon, on the side of the foopath, as a rowdy teenager, of course I took a run to kick it, and the fcuker reared up at me, at least 18 inches tall sitting on his hind legs.

Guess who ran away

Capt'n Midnight · 27-03-2014 11:50PM

A coypu

http://i.imgur.com/nNdyiXb.jpg

Capt'n Midnight · 27-03-2014 11:53PM

catallus wrote: »

"However, scientists do believe they could eventually grow into the size of sheep, Dr Jan Zalasiewicz, of the University of Leicester in the UK, recently told the BBC."

A sheep sized rat.

Wouldn't be surprised if they started breeding them.

:rolleyes:

They used to be bigger.

josephoartigasia monesi

The skull of the holotype is 53 cm (21 in) long, and the remaining incisor is more than 30 cm (12 in) in length. The total estimated body length is 3 m (10 ft), with a height of 1.5 m (5 ft).

kowloon · 28-03-2014 12:49AM

ScumLord wrote: »

They're to cuddly, here's a new species they found in the Amazon.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/giant.rat.papua/index.html?_s=PM:WORLD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uP-kOPirdg

I shot a big fellow the other day, was trying to rob some stuff I'd left out for the Goldfinches. The bigger they are the easier they are to hit so I'm happy until the feckers start buying body armour, then we're all fcuked.

Sir Arthur Daley · 28-03-2014 01:11AM

That rat i would class as small, i gave a few years working on farms installing milking and feed automation systems and have seen rats alot bigger, cats are too afraid of rats.

Galwayguy35 · 28-03-2014 02:10AM

Obliq wrote: »

Totally normal. My boss-cat who is the area rat-catcher brings them home all the time, usually missing it's brain (he likes that bit).

I disturbed a proper huge rat in the hen house a few months back, where it had been living behind a cupboard. It refused to leave, and we had a stand off for a bit. Human with shovel versus extremely feisty rodent. Didn't try to hit it or anything, just threatened it, while it stood there looking simultaneously bored and cranky at being evicted.

I didn't think a cat would eat any part of a rat, I remember the cats in the home place used to kill them and leave the bodies at the back door to show their hard work!

Gyalist · 28-03-2014 02:21AM

I've seen rats that size and much larger in Dublin city centre. A few years ago I worked next door to premises that had formerly traded as a pet shop before the owner disappeared suddenly under mysterious circumstances. After a few weeks I began to consider leasing the next door shop to expand my business so I approached the landlord to view the property. As he knew me well he gave me a set of keys to the property to have a look around on my own.

What I found in the dark basement of that shop I will never forget. The previous tenant had left large sacks of pet food and bird seed piled high downstairs and they were being devoured by giant rats that had come up from the sewers and had become so fat that they could hardly move when I disturbed them. I called the Corporation and they sent out an Environmental Health Officer the next day and I took her to see what was going on. When we went down to the basement and she turned on her flashlight and saw the monsters, she screamed and ran out of the building!

Anyway, the Corporation threatened the landlord with some sort of enforcement action so he sent two of his property maintenance men to set rat poison in the basement. The day after the poison was set I went back to have a look and more than 60 giant rats had been poisoned - most of them were much larger than the average domestic cat. They were using spades to put them in bags and most of the rats were about twice the width of the spades. We had to put up with a few weeks of dreadful smells as some of the rats died in inaccessible places where the maintenance men couldn't find them.

entropi · 28-03-2014 02:27AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I didn't think a cat would eat any part of a rat, I remember the cats in the home place used to kill them and leave the bodies at the back door to show their hard work!

Cats do that because they deem you not good enough to kill rats on your own and have to protect you by doing it themselves.

Cats have strange ways of doing things.

Strangely enough, my grandad's Jack Russell Terrier was the area rat catcher also. Could sniff them out and catch them faster than you would know.

Obliq · 28-03-2014 01:52PM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I didn't think a cat would eat any part of a rat, I remember the cats in the home place used to kill them and leave the bodies at the back door to show their hard work!

My cat eats everything except the liver on most small rodents, but restricts himself to the rat brain, clearly leaving the rest for my nutritious breakfast. He stands there looking as if he's wondering why I don't cook it up immediately.

He's just a mass of muscle, that cat. Would give any of your grandfather's terriers a run for their money for sure. Took him to the vet a few weeks ago for an abscessed paw and he busted out of the plastic cat carry box, which was a good one with a double lock on it. Luckily I had my mother in the car at the time - we had to pull over and swap drivers while I grappled with the cat. Like wrestling a lion, so it was.

harry Bailey esq · 28-03-2014 02:23PM

i worked in a place down on the quays in Dublin 'the prices are only famous' and we'd encounter foot long rats on an almost daily basis

anncoates · 28-03-2014 02:59PM

A generation of kids will grow up with inferior catapult skills with a target as big as that at which to aim.

MonstaMash · 28-03-2014 03:03PM

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

I give you... the Capybara:

https://www.google.ie/search?q=capybara&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=_Vo0U6yuGcLd7QasvYCAAw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=724#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=TeTr4N3vDcp3IM%253A%3BdAHtKoZa9dvrqM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimg4.wikia.nocookie.net%252F__cb20130802192230%252Fwhatever-you-want%252Fimages%252F2%252F2a%252FO-CAPYBARA-HUGS-CAT-facebook.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwhatever-you-want.wikia.com%252Fwiki%252FFile%253AO-CAPYBARA-HUGS-CAT-facebook.jpg%3B1536%3B1021

Came across one of these mofo's when I was in French Guiana, put the fear into me I tells ya :eek:

Nemeses · 28-03-2014 03:05PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Yeah next someone will link to a ship containing cannibal rats. And getting all scared about it.

You know thats a true story right?......

I Heart Internet · 28-03-2014 03:08PM

Classic "holding something out at arms length for a photograph to make it look bigger" rat photograph.

What nonsense. Surprised it made the BBC.

metroburgers · 28-03-2014 03:35PM

Gyalist wrote: »

A few years ago I worked next door to premises that had formerly traded as a pet shop before the owner disappeared suddenly under mysterious circumstances.

Nice story there Mr. Dahl!

ScumLord · 28-03-2014 03:55PM

Gyalist wrote: »

The previous tenant had left large sacks of pet food and bird seed piled high downstairs and they were being devoured by giant rats that had come up from the sewers

I heard somewhere before that some people reckon large cities wouldn't work without rats moving around the sewers and eating up any waste they come across. Despite being seen as dirty creatures they're actually keeping places clean from food waste. Maybe replacing with their poo but at least that can be fertilizer to something.

Reiketsu · 28-03-2014 04:04PM

That's me never going back to Sweden then.

ScumLord · 28-03-2014 04:33PM

Reiketsu wrote: »

That's me never going back to Sweden then.

There's probably a rat of that size within a 100 metres of you right now. It doesn't matter what part of the country or world you live in there's rats of that size around.

roadsmart · 28-03-2014 04:40PM

Thank Jayziss. Thought this was yet another John Gilligan thread.

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