Forget Zombies, ROUSs are already on our shores!!
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Posted on: 2012-03-26 22:44 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
*Takes a look at the article*
0.o
Those are unnaturally large rats.. geez.
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I'd gladly take them things over skunks any day of the week. Skunks are truly useless creatures that have no redeeming factors. Even mosquitos have a use as a food source for birds. But skunks? I would feel no sorrow if they go extinct. 
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Well, be happy they´re from Africa. I they were australian, the rats would most likely be poisonous too.|
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And was that three feet long (with or w/o tail) or tall?
Three feet tall rats would be awesome and I´d definetly get myself a pair
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If their so worried about the giant rats eating all the crops why don't they just get like guard dogs or cats kinda like scarecrows but actually scary to a rat. You know the eco friendly way nature vs nature instead of nature vs poison.
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Cats would be no good, unless they were tamed Lynx's or wild cats or something. Your average cat is a giant coward. Dogs aren't much better, given what vicious gits wild rats can be.
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Originally Posted by Lucky666
If their so worried about the giant rats eating all the crops why don't they just get like guard dogs or cats kinda like scarecrows but actually scary to a rat. You know the eco friendly way nature vs nature instead of nature vs poison.
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Once there are only zombies left on the planet these hyper-rats will chew up all the hungry zombies.
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Indeed, as the article mentioned, these rats can get as big as (or bigger than) the average domesticated cat.|
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Originally Posted by Nos482
Well, be happy they´re from Africa. I they were australian, the rats would most likely be poisonous too.
And was that three feet long (with or w/o tail) or tall? Three feet tall rats would be awesome and I´d definetly get myself a pair |
Also, heh Australia. Why must everything there try to kill you?
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My bosses keep fancy rats as pets.
The largest one they've ever had was a lab rescue.
We called her "Max" (and her runt sister, "Min").
Max was humongous by rat standards.
Most female rats weigh in at around 9 ounces.
Most of the rats my bosses have owned have been disgustingly healthy and large. Average weight 12-16 ounces.
We never really got a good weight on Max (she was too, pardon the expression, squirrely to stay seated on a scale), but she was easily half-again as big as the next largest rat they'd ever had. What's more, she had unusual upper body strength for a rat (who aren't known for it). She was actually able to pry the bars of her cage apart (though not enough to get out).
The thought of a 3 foot long rat is just...wow.
We always joke about the city rats here. You know, you're driving downtown around sunset, you flip your lights on and startle a rat that's dragging a VW beetle into the alley...
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The thought of a 3 foot long rat is just...wow.
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Maybe this is yet another case of sci-fi becoming science fact.
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Don't we already have a Nutria invasion from Argentina?
I do find it funny how we are trying our darndest to keep Tigers alive, and yet we can't kill these little punks off. Maybe we should do something like convince the world that rat livers are performance enhancers, so then we'll get everyone killing them off for a placebo.
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Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid
Don't we already have a Nutria invasion from Argentina?
I do find it funny how we are trying our darndest to keep Tigers alive, and yet we can't kill these little punks off. Maybe we should do something like convince the world that rat livers are performance enhancers, so then we'll get everyone killing them off for a placebo. |
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Clearly, they should have released eight pairs of tigers into the Florida Keys instead.
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Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid
Don't we already have a Nutria invasion from Argentina?
I do find it funny how we are trying our darndest to keep Tigers alive, and yet we can't kill these little punks off. Maybe we should do something like convince the world that rat livers are performance enhancers, so then we'll get everyone killing them off for a placebo. |
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There's another thing, too. Nutria are going extinct in Argentina due to the leather trade, but thriving in the U.S. where they aren't killed for any sort of profit.
Which is sad, because their livers totally make your "stuff" bigger.
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The skunks I've seen round here are pretty cute and hey, any animal that's making good (within its own habitat, mind you, not invading/damaging another) must be doing something right. |
Originally Posted by Dark One
I'd gladly take them things over skunks any day of the week. Skunks are truly useless creatures that have no redeeming factors. Even mosquitos have a use as a food source for birds. But skunks? I would feel no sorrow if they go extinct.
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[...]given what vicious gits wild rats can be.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
We need rat-eating honey badgers.
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IOr pythons. Huge friggin' pythons who could swallow them whole, 3 at a time.
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...des/52893342/1
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