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09 Nov 2015, 10:38 pm

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1 ... -come-back


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11 Nov 2015, 12:43 pm

I,for one, am rather pleased that they are not here.

Or even in East Timor, or anywhere else.

Imagine something that size skittering across your kitchen floor when you turn on the light.

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11 Nov 2015, 12:54 pm

They'd make great pets, maybe we should try to bring them back early :P



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11 Nov 2015, 1:47 pm

As big as dachsunds? Beavers are bigger than that, and so are nutria. And theyre both rodents.



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11 Nov 2015, 6:01 pm

Giant rats went extinct from boredom, after the giant cats became extinct.


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11 Nov 2015, 6:32 pm

They are making a come back in NYC. :D
http://topinfopost.com/2014/12/19/monst ... -shoe-shop


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12 Nov 2015, 2:28 am

Varelse wrote:
They'd make great pets, maybe we should try to bring them back early :P

this monster's species apparently is kept as a pet (or was, anyway) and are trained to detect mines and tuberculosis.

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12 Nov 2015, 2:29 am

also, is this actually news?


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12 Nov 2015, 4:38 pm

I thought it was from overzealous adventurers turning in giant rats' tails for the 1-gold bounty.