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20-08-2010, 08:33 AM
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I would guess that it's more likely to be Coypu, especially if there was a problem with them some years ago.
But typically The Sun and The Mail produce more of their sensational journalism, with terms like 'Ratweiler'. But at least the fox may be able to redeem itself by eating the 'giant rats'!
I think Coypu are quite cute, but I can imagine if one did defaecate on your cooker, it would certainly put you off making tea - it'd be one big job to clean up 
What I don't understand is, if they have been taken into the council, why didn't they have them properly identified? At least then, they'd know what they were dealing with! |
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One of the Sherlock Holmes stories refers to the "Giant Rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet ready". Was Conan Doyle clairvoyant?
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20-08-2010, 09:20 AM
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How about this scenario.
"Hey, Dad, there's something floating in the pond"
"Yuk, it's a rat, I'll fish it out"
"Now take a picture son"
"OK"
"Hey, it looks really huge in that photograph - let's see if the papers will print it as a giant rat"
Just a thought!
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20-08-2010, 06:50 PM
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Only in The Sun do you get such fantastic terminology as "Ratzilla"!
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20-08-2010, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Miss Caretaker  Only in The Sun do you get such fantastic terminology as "Ratzilla"! | I dunno. The mouse is ill but the rats iller.
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Agreed Henrya - Let's not forget the giant camel spiders in Iraq....  Camel spider...
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20-08-2010, 07:54 PM
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I couldn't find the byline, was Baron Von Munchausen?
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Originally Posted by STYRBJORN I dunno. The mouse is ill but the rats iller.
Ric. | I wondered how long it would take
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Originally Posted by FungiJus Agreed Henrya - Let's not forget the giant camel spiders in Iraq.... Camel spider... | Were they not real then?
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