ever seen a 9 lb rat?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070524/...S4bhe1IrjtiBIF

That is what you feed to those 20' Ball Pythons that are always in the news :D

Them some big rats...
I hear wharf rats are big. I believe they are part of the brown rat family.
I dont know how big they get but I hear we have some in Saint John NB and they are big and scary!

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I believe those are the same species of rats they trained to sniff out mines in other countries. Cute little guys if you give them their space

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n..._minerats.html

"They have large ears, black, beady eyes, hamster-like pouched facial cheeks, sharp teeth and distinctive long, stringy and white-marked tails"

This sounds suspiciously like a girl I dated in high school.

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"They have large ears, black, beady eyes, hamster-like pouched facial cheeks, sharp teeth and distinctive long, stringy and white-marked tails"

This sounds suspiciously like a girl I dated in high school.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

"They have large ears, black, beady eyes, hamster-like pouched facial cheeks, sharp teeth and distinctive long, stringy and white-marked tails"

This sounds suspiciously like a girl I dated in high school.

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havent we all?

and you didn't marry her because????

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a lot of people kept them as pets before they were made illegal along with prairie dogs, so thats probably why they were let go. thats too bad though, both for the rats exterminated and for the fact that florida doesn't need any more invasive exotic species.

If that Burm was only 8 feet long I would consider themselves lucky! :8: lol. It's really sad at how just a few irresponsible herp/ exotic pet owners can give us others such a bad rep, and then unknowingly tamper with an ecosystem that's fragile enough as it is. :(

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"Florida's become quite the hotbed. Florida and Hawaii are vying for which state has the most invasive species," Witmer said.

That dubious honor is attributed to the region's encroaching development, subtropical climate and free-spirited residents who like to keep exotic species, Witmer said.

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they aren't "free-spirited" at all. they are irresponsible people who didn't research the animal before they got it and when it outgrew their space or they got bored with it they tossed it outside. and they are a big part of the reason that there are laws being made against responsible keepers like us--laws that restrict us from keeping exotics. :mad:

I recently was told that a lot of the Burmese and other invasive species in FL came from wholesaler's/importers warehoused being destroyed in Hurricane Andrew.
"Several articles have come in suggesting that not all of Andrews victims were human. There were 215 dealers in the area affected who report that thousands of exotics are missing and may eventually compromise the delicate South Florida ecosystem. Three hundred monkeys are missing from a lab at the University of Miami. However, the 23 Florida panthers wearing radio collars are all reported alive and well. [Leesburg Daily Commercial, September 11, 1992 guess who? and The Detroit News, September 6, 1992 sent by Cheri Hosley]"