Would You Like To Come Face To Face With This Roland?

[youngmafbog]

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rats-as-big-as-sheep-rodents-could-evolve-to-fill-niches-as-larger-mammals-go-extinct-9105626.html

Rats as big as sheep in excess of 80Kg (176lb), now that could get interesting.

And no comments about Piers Morgan being a much bigger rat; already been done on sky news this morning.

[mikey4444]

As I understand evolution, if this were to happen it would take many thousands, if not millions of years to achieve a 80kg rat. I can live with that.

[B00]

The one in the photo's a cutie though innit?

[jno]

you wait till you have to feed it, B00. But you could get quite a lot of wool from it if sheep had become extinct. A nice rat-fur outfit for those cold winter days.

[B00]

lol :P

[beso]

They already live in South America.

"Given enough time, rats could probably grow to be at least as large as the capybara, the world's largest rodent, that lives today, that can reach 80 kilos (176 pounds)."

[emmie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara