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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Rats!

Or, a better mousetrap ain't gonna do it. From the inevitable PZ Myers:

Now there's another king of the rodents: Josephoartigasia monesi, which is estimated to have tipped the scales at about 1000kg, over a ton. Don't worry about getting bigger rat traps; these beasties have been extinct for perhaps 2 million years.

See Pharyngula for a picture. Charming brute, isn't it?

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