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The Telegraph recently released a story saying that a man in Fujian had caught a giant rat, allegedly swooping it up after seeing a big crowd of people surrounding it in on the street.
Only, if it's the rodent pictured in the accompanying photo, we're pretty sure that's not actually a rat. The Telegraph later mentions that it could be a bamboo rat... but wouldn't the Fujianese recognize an animal native to Southern China?
It looks to us like a Coypu (or Nutria), a large South American species that invaded the rest of the world thanks to fur ranchers, though - obviously - we'd need to see more than just a picture to be sure. Thoughts?
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The Telegraph's only following the original story in identifying it as a bamboo rat.
In other giant rat related news, Xinhua says a 2kg rat-like animal caught yesterday in Guizhou has been identified as a muskrat, an endangered creature that's not been seen in those parts for a long time.
Mmmmmmm dinner's served!!!
Rat species of such size are not uncommon. The cane rat is a case in point. In West Africa, you have the Grasscutter, which is a humongous cane rat and is farmed for its flesh.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4864714.stm
You're a dork
And what are you? A pork? ;)
Just teasing --- thought it was odd you were so well versed on rats