Comments on: King of the Rats Weighed One Tonne.

By: Leki

Leki — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:37:52 +0000

what about the R.O.U.S.’s?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:53:43 +0000

Looks like a big Coypu (1 metre long including tail).

(http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=coypu&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&ta b=wi)

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:43:54 +0000

Seems like there was a little professional jealousy, as the founder of the then-largest fossil (before it was replaced by this one) said:

“There no doubt whatsoever that this was a huge and exceptional animal because of its size,” says Marcelo Sánchez of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, who discovered the P. patersoni skeleton.

Sánchez says that while the latest discovery is “incredible”, it is only a matter of time before another, larger rodent is unearthed.

And I suppose he has already started digging to reclaim the title!

By: brady

brady — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:04:40 +0000

sounds like good eatin’ to me.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:02:37 +0000

Turns out a lot of animals had huge ancestors 10+ thousand years ago. Beavers, you name it…