Giant Rat caught in China - Photo

A giant rat with one-inch-long teeth has been caught in the southern Chinese province of Fujian.

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.

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Holy Rodent..!

Forget a pellet gun; you'd need at least a .22 to take it out...never mind, just looked again. At least a .40...





That is scary stuff man...

Originally posted by chapter29
That is scary stuff man...

Not as scary as Rat monster

Woah! Look at that one! If that's real then it looks even bigger than the Giant Gambian Pouched Rat (pictured below):



These things get any bigger they'll take over the #ing world, man. Look at the mischief on its face!

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LOLOL


Co-workers just came over to my desk asking what was so funny...

Nice man...

this is what that guy and his wife were saying a minute beffore this happened


.... do you believe in ROUS's?

Rodents of unusal size i don't believe they exist.

WHAT THE POOP IS THAT

^^^ that you tube is funny

Man I saw that pic and first thought was it was a beaver! It's only really the tail that convinced me it was a rat - I used to let my rats breed when I was a teenager, I had one rather large muscley dude (I let him eat cat food!) but nothing compared to that guy! .... actually that looks like a female - rats have very large testicles for their body size.

I have heard the only real limiting factor for a rodents size is the diet, I guess this is a good example, shame they had to kill it really, she must of been more than 10 years old.

Wow, that is one BIG rat! I doubt my little mousetraps can stop that beast. I can't believe they actually eat the meat of animals like that. Aren't they afraid of some disease that might spread around?

[edit on 19-2-2009 by darkclaw1256]

Some phrases caught my attention there...

*Giant rat
*one-inch-long teeth
*residential area
*grabbing its tail
*in possession of the animal
*examine the rat more closely
*can grow up to 30 inches long

The only way that animal could be any worse is if it carried a tissue and coughed a lot. Nasty.

Pffffffffffft, that's nothing...you should see how we grow em in NYC subways.

Now that's what I call a Rat!! Big, fat, juicy and full of meat. That Rat should make a lovely Curry. I bet the locals are dribbling in anticipation to the thought of tasting that lovely rodent.

[edit on 19-2-2009 by paul76]

Holy Poo Batman that is one huge rat! Yucky!

reply to post by karl 12

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.

They were fighting as to who could make kung pao out it....

YUMM!

reply to post by paul76


Wrong part of the world for curry... Massive stir fry tho - I'd pay to sit in

We have bigger rats in Britain - they are called politicians!!

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lol - remind me never to stop of at wolvo for a curry!

nice.
i've seen rats that large in the Philippines. had to stop and do a double take.
also saw about 5 of them at a state fair in colorado in the late 70's. they were considerably larger than miniature dogs and normal size cats.

the one i witnessed in PI just came lumbering through a house i was staying at. all the girls immediately jumped onto counter tops and sofas while mr. rat cruised by. it was hilarious.

That is NOT a rat, its a coypu more commonly known as nutria.


Here is the Wiki entry

Chitlins and gravy mmmmm.
Just like ma used to make mmmmm




[edit on 19-2-2009 by SLAYER69]

Originally posted by Phlegmi
That is NOT a rat, its a coypu more commonly known as nutria.


Here is the Wiki entry

Good spot.




So not a rat then?