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The rat that's the size of a cat: BBC team discovers 40 new species in 'lost world'
dailymail.co.uk ^
| 07th September 2009
| Paul Revoir
Posted on 09/07/2009 5:35:41 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: Wardenclyffe
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:44:15 AM PDT
by
LRS
(Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
To: Wardenclyffe
Researchers also found an extremely hairy caterpillar which is now awaiting cataloguing in Oxford, where the team will give names to their finds.
To: Wardenclyffe
40 new species of critters that only live in one place? Sounds like the Endangered Species list is going to get bigger. The follow-up story to this will be how “global climate change” is killing them.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:48:53 AM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(Question O-thority!)
To: Wardenclyffe
Very COOL!
Picture shows: A bizarre jungle spider camouflaged as lichen
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:50:49 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.)
To: Wardenclyffe
Ugliest man in congress, by a mile.
To: Wardenclyffe
New species: Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan with the Bosavi Woolly Rat, soon to be appointed as 0bama Vermin Czar.
To: Wardenclyffe
> ‘This is one of the world’s largest rats. It is a true rat, related to the same kind you find in the city sewers, but a heck of a lot bigger.
Cool find! But *please do* leave the rat where you found it...
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posted on
09/07/2009 6:08:11 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: Wardenclyffe
please, i remember super-rat commercials on tv in the 70's of a rat standing hind legs on a chair front paws on the table eating off of a plate and in the background is a child saying "Here kitty, kitty, kitty." when a voice says "Does your child know the difference between a cat and a rat???"
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posted on
09/07/2009 6:09:46 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: Wardenclyffe
Wonder if the caterpillar nests in the nose hairs at night?
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posted on
09/07/2009 6:16:15 AM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: Wardenclyffe
Our house backs up to a ravine and we have all kinds of critters that you would not expect to find in the middle of the US 4 th largest city. I caught a rat that measured 14’ from nose to tail but I would have to get bigger traps if faced with these new rats. They are as big as the possums I find in my garbage cans.
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posted on
09/07/2009 6:30:40 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Chode
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posted on
09/07/2009 6:42:47 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: DieHard the Hunter
Hah! Those rats would love NYC. These explorers could be our generations’ “starling” importers.
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posted on
09/07/2009 7:00:00 AM PDT
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loungeSerf
(Truth-In-Legislation Amendment)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/07/2009 7:06:20 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: Wardenclyffe
If they taste like chicken...
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posted on
09/07/2009 7:10:16 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: Wardenclyffe
If they taste like chicken...
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posted on
09/07/2009 7:10:17 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
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posted on
09/07/2009 7:10:42 AM PDT
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: Chode
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posted on
09/07/2009 7:13:55 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: loungeSerf
> Hah! Those rats would love NYC. These explorers could be our generations’ “starling” importers.
Then one of these rats would hook up with three young turtles, abandoned by their owner in the NY City sewers, and teach them ninjitsu...
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posted on
09/07/2009 7:14:54 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: MGMSwordsman
Ugliest man in congress, by a mile. Ugliest man in congress on planet, by a mile.
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