[jacko1]

aparently its an african rat that was cought by council workers in a little place just outside middlesbrough

 

[panther_87k]

do you think it may escaped from a lab somewhere?:hmm:

 

[jacko1]

aparently a bloke was breeding them and let them go cos inviromental health came to his house

 

[jase thursfield]

thats bigger than my jack russel:gasp:

 

[chewy86]

retic and anaconda food? get breeding them people!

 

[Issa]

I pity the fool cat that messes with that thing.......

 

[panther_87k]

I pity the fool cat that messes with that thing.......

i think its more likely to mess with the cat than the cat with it:lol2:

 

[Issa]

retic and anaconda food? get breeding them people!

I think its a pouchie, @ £300 a rat I doubt you'll be seeing them as feeders anytime soon.......

 

[chewy86]

lol when u put it that way

 

[jacko1]

are they that big though cos at first i said it was a photo shop and it couldnt be real

iv seen capibara bit they dont look like the rats we see about

 

[BigA]

i think its more likely to mess with the cat than the cat with it:lol2:

That would be funny to see a cat running, then a couple of seconds later you see a giant rat chasing it!!!
:lol2:

 

[herptastic]

wow thats big, where just outside boro was i caught?
think i may lock all my doors and windows now.

 

[jacko1]

it was released in billingham and cought in noughton

 

[herptastic]

ooo i work in billingham may see if i can track one o these monsters on my lunch break.

 

[Kloy]

It's a chinese bamboo rat maybe? Least I swear I read that somewhere :S

 

[Ssthisto]

Yes, Gambian Pouched Rats really ARE that big.

 

[gazz]

aparently its an african rat that was cought by council workers in a little place just outside middlesbrough

IMO it's just a domestic black fur rat.Made bigger by the fact that the rat is in the dominant ground and the man in the back ground.IMO head,ears,tail not big enough.Plus Gambian Pouched Rats have a white end to the tail.

Gambian Pouched Rat.

 

[Meko]

IMO it's just a domestic black fur rat.Made bigger by the fact that the rat is in the dominant ground and the man in the back ground.IMO head,ears,tail not big enough.Plus Gambian Pouched Rats have a white end to the tail.

and if it was really that big it'd have a bit of weight in it; he wouldn't be able to hold it as loosely as he is, doesn't seem like he's got much of a grip on anything.

 

[The_Real_Moreliaman]

IMO it's just a domestic black fur rat.Made bigger by the fact that the rat is in the dominant ground and the man in the back ground.IMO head,ears,tail not big enough.Plus Gambian Pouched Rats have a white end to the tail.

I'd agree with that...made bigger by the fact its closer to the camera.......a mate of mine had african pouched rats & they looked nothing like that.

 

[panther_87k]

and if it was really that big it'd have a bit of weight in it; he wouldn't be able to hold it as loosely as he is, doesn't seem like he's got much of a grip on anything.

it might not be alive in the picture?