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Giant Rats Viciously Attack Two Babies In South Africa (VIDEO)


First Posted: 06/08/11 01:10 PM ET Updated: 11/15/11 05:30 AM ET

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ckmotorka
11:07 PM on 06/11/2011
These rats are not only sold as pets (which is how they made their way to the Keys), but have been trained by one organization to sniff out land mines.
04:15 PM on 06/09/2011
WTF!
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Devontate
PrObama
09:46 AM on 06/09/2011
A bunny without ears. S**t ain't right.

Though one bunny with a birth defect doesn't seem to be evidence of widespread contamination.
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bridgeman
Jesus was a Jazz fan
09:01 AM on 06/09/2011
now that is scary!
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fromdnorth
OK I checked my micro-bio (didn't know I had one
11:39 PM on 06/08/2011
THIS IS NOT WEIRD NEWS. IT'S TRAGIC...
WHAT IS BEING DONE?
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Blodo
Time to build a better world
07:28 PM on 06/08/2011
Apparently this species has already established a breeding population in the Florida Keys. The Florida fruit growers are understandably very nervous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambian_pouched_rat
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patman77
05:21 PM on 06/08/2011
looks lik a baby bear.
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MyNinja
N.W.A. Ninjas With Aptitude
04:49 PM on 06/08/2011
I realy hate how we have to watch commercials before we can watch a news video. You used to be able to hit the refresh button and it would go away. It still works on a few sites but most of them have caught on.
03:31 PM on 06/08/2011
WOW! That rat looks bigger than my two cats! Wow!
03:02 PM on 06/08/2011
yah really Scorpioman,

Ben the 2 of us need look no more,your so big you're hunting us for sure, if they ever set a trap, I hope you get in that, because in my opinion, man's SUPPOSED to have dominion.

If that problem there, somehow gets out of hand & spreads to the rest of the world, it should be reacted to as a willful act of war. We don't see many dogs & cats stowing away on boats & accidentally making it to the US.
02:57 PM on 06/08/2011
Strange that their rats are so well fed to be able to grow to that size,when there is so much starvation all around them?!!??!!!!????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More like suspicious actually!!
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06:08 PM on 06/08/2011
Are you stupid?
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Red45
We can turn the tide
02:45 PM on 06/08/2011
Oh my God, they're quoting a "story" from Rupert Murdoch's The Sun, in which they got caught publishing completely untrue articles recently and were already well known for their photos of Heaven and the Loch Ness monster. And don't forget--they were the ones who found Elvis! Hey HuffPo, are you sure this is a real story?
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Blodo
Time to build a better world
07:33 PM on 06/08/2011
It's a real species, and although they are usually docile (and are even made into pets), there have been cases where they have attacked humans living in cramped conditions.
02:13 PM on 06/08/2011
A mouse freaks me out.... I could just imagine what i would do if i saw one otf those things run across my floor!!!! YIKES
01:52 PM on 06/08/2011
That indeed is big rat. Kind of new specie? Genetically engineered ? - I won't be surprised!..
If that thing migrate (Illegally?) multiply and fill the sewage systems in major cities in S. Africa and abroad, Human Kind WILL face indeed a very serious problem !
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Red45
We can turn the tide
02:48 PM on 06/08/2011
Our come-uppance is coming up.
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scorpioman
The Naked Truth
01:47 PM on 06/08/2011
BEN! I'm home!