Povuholo Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/...t.ap/index.html Imagine finding a nest of those in your house. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonlissla Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Holy sh*t, that thing is HUGE! :blink: You're gonna need a truckload of cheese and f*cking sniper rifle to get rid of that thing! :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoogieMonster Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I saw that on the Discovery Channel last night, I thought it was old (since the Discovery Channel is not exactly breaking news), I did not realize it just recently happened. But yeah, I did think about TES when I saw the scientist holding it, more specifically, I thought about that Dunmer lady with her "pets" in the basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Those of you who know the stories of Conan Doyle may or may not remember that Sherlock Holmes had a tale of The Giant Rat of Sumatra he said European ears were too innocent to hear. Doctor Watson was never allowed to write that adventure. Perhaps he knew something we did not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faivon Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 We get to see a lot of weird animals here even in our home ... these last 2 years, I saw a huge Biawak Air ... I think it's Water Monitor in English, running out from the sewers .. But we also never seen any European animals here.. lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovietlukmanov Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yep, reminded me the rats in Oblivion, so there are still things left undiscovered in some of the jungles... nothing like that in Jakarta though :whistling: (not even worth mentioning) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sativarg Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Thanks for the information Povuholo.I am not surprised to see that a rat has evolved to fill a niche in the Foja Mountains. Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia Homo floresiensis And rats are very adaptable. One of the first physical adaptations a species makes to a new ecosystem seems to be size. Some get bigger and some become dwarfs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResidentWeevil2077 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 OMGWTFBBQ!!!11! :ohmy: o_O That thing is HUGE! :teehee: Not quite as big as Oblivion's rats, but that's big for something supposed to be small... Then again, rats can get pretty huge... :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septim741 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I've never had the chance to be around rats at all, and when I dirst got in Oblivion I figured the rats couldn't be too far off from the real thing. I didn't know that rats were generally.. well city rats. I figured bigger versions might be common enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sativarg Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Trivia?Josephoartigasia monesi was a giant prehistoric rodent in the Pliocene, the largest known to date. It lived about four million years ago in today's Uruguay.The species was approximately 3 meters (10 feet) long and 1.5 meters (5feet) tall. Its incisors were more than 30 cm (12 inches) long. Theanimal weighed about a ton, and ate soft vegetation. The species - the only one in the genus Josephoartigasia at present - is known based on a fossil of its skull, which is 53 centimeters long. Its closest living relative is the pacarana. As largest known rodent, it replaces the 700-kilo (1,540 pounds) Phoberomys pattersoni, a related and somewhat older animal that lived in Venezuela during the Late Miocene. http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7808/39357228weightcomparisoqo4.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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