Rats.
Ok. This may be old news to some, but I thought it was blogworthy anyway. A year ago, a previously unknown species of rat was discovered in the jungles of Indonesia. The rat was huge, at least five times the size of a common rat, and showed absolutely no fear of humans.
If the population of these rodents was ever to reach plague proportions, imagine the potential destruction (and death) that would ensue?
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post about man-eating rats in WW1: ‘Killer Trench Rats’
Freaky… would make a pretty cool pet! (de-toothed)
Posted by PaisleyJade | December 16, 2008, 5:32 pmi wonder what that would look like on that magnification thingy… hmmm
Posted by Katie | December 16, 2008, 5:40 pmcant wait for that post :)
Posted by Katie | December 16, 2008, 5:41 pmThat’s the kind of thing that sparks some great story ideas. Giant, man-eating rats!
Posted by Mike Dellosso | December 17, 2008, 12:19 amI’d say Mike!
Kristy, could you really imagine taking this monster out of its cage to let it crawl all over your arms? I’m so sticking to dogs for pets
Posted by Jon Dylan | December 17, 2008, 9:37 amThank you Jon! Did you read that Symz? :)
Posted by Katie | December 17, 2008, 9:43 amyou coming up with an idea for the hunted sequel there Mike?
Posted by Katie | December 17, 2008, 9:56 amshudder!!
Posted by Sophie | December 17, 2008, 10:17 amOH MY GOODNESS! Remind me to steer clear of indonesia. It looks like an overfed ferrit.
Posted by Fifi | December 17, 2008, 9:20 pm