 Gigantic Rats Discovered In Indonesia |
|
|
|
|
  |
 Dec 18 2007, 06:29 PM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Member [Level 2]  Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: 18-December 07 Member No.: 54,940  |
QUOTE Scientists exploring a remote mountain range in the Indonesian jungle have discovered what they believe to be two previously undocumented mammals. It is unusual for today's scientists to unearth unknown species of mammals, and the findings underscore the incredible biodiversity of Indonesia's rainforest. According to scientists, the Mallomys giant rat, which is approximately five times the size of a typical city rat, showed no fear of humans and entered their camp on multiple occasions. Imagine these creature living inside your house. Man, i shiver at the thought cos I hate rodents..brr..
|
 |
 
|
|
Dec 18 2007, 06:39 PM
Post
#2
|
|
|
|||[ n00b King ]||| Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 680 Joined: 20-June 07 From: Auckland Member No.: 45,102 |
Yeah they are something to be afraid of. The size of them is so huge, I'd like to see how they would react to a cat and if they cat will even have the nerves to challenge it lol. They are seriously big. Although the guy I saw on the news this morning holding it was not too scared of getting bitten. I dont even know if they tested them out for any diseases yet. If they were threaten I'm sure they could put up some kind of fight.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 18 2007, 08:44 PM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 18-December 07 From: Logan, UT Member No.: 54,971 |
Not too surprising though. There's likely quite a few mammals still undiscovered. A new species of ungulate (antelope, in this case) was discovered just a few years ago, and I bet it's way bigger than that rat. Indonesia has been one of the "busiest" places in the world for the discovery and description of just about all kinds of species (plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, etc) since it's relatively unknown (by scientists, anyway) and a great hotbed of biodiversity, since it's tropical and has a wide range of elevations, along with a lot of islands (which promote speciation, according to Dr. Darwin).
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 18 2007, 11:24 PM
Post
#4
|
|
|
Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 470 Joined: 19-June 06 From: The Basement Member No.: 25,379 |
Wow, that's really cool. I wish there were some pictures I could check out. It's amazing what we don't know about the animals out there. Here's a like to the original article I found...
Article Link Also, there's another article with a video here Another Article That one has a video which is pretty cool, so check it out. 
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 18 2007, 11:58 PM
Post
#5
|
|
|
Super Member Group: Members Posts: 347 Joined: 28-July 06 Member No.: 27,449 |
Yeah its a shame they are cutting down the rainforests because thats where tonnes of new creatures are. Something like 20 species go extinct every day in the rainforest... EVERY DAY!
In wouldnt like 1 of these rats... yukkK! |
|
|
|
|
Dec 19 2007, 11:37 PM
Post
#6
|
|
|
Newbie [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 23-January 06 From: ------------------- Member No.: 17,526 |
Its good that I can enjoy home without rats..I feel bad for the people that live there.
I wonder what they are doing over there to stop it. I mean they eat crawl in your cabinets and run around eating stuff and opening things with their teeth. They are annoying to have. But some of them can actually be cute  
This post has been edited by craz: Dec 20 2007, 12:28 AM |
|
|
|
|
Dec 20 2007, 12:02 AM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 470 Joined: 19-June 06 From: The Basement Member No.: 25,379 |
Why does everyone hate rats so much? I think they're cute and furry, and maybe just misunderstood. Say, does anyone know if there are any larger pictures? I want to put it as my desktop or something.
 ^ That's the best image I've found. This post has been edited by cangor: Dec 20 2007, 12:03 AM |
|
|
|
|
Dec 20 2007, 12:27 AM
Post
#8
|
|
|
$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,444 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218  |
cangor your not paying attention to your history, does the black plague of the 12th-13th century ring a bell? On top of that rats are known to carry some nasty diseases, but I would die of a heart attack if I woke up to see that crawling on me. Of course Giant rabbits are here as well
 Now that is freaking scary right there  , but still a giant bunny is cuter then a giant rat thats for sure.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 20 2007, 05:04 AM
Post
#9
|
|
|
Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 572 Joined: 5-March 06 From: Warsaw, MO Member No.: 19,564 |
haha you find some really odd stuff sometimes. i couldn't stop laughin' when i saw that rabbit picture....but seriously...i don't know if i would be afraid to pet that thing or not.
as far as the rats in indonesia, i would have liked a link to the article and some pictures. that's really freaky. i don't like rats at ALL! but i did like the movie willard
|
