A Capybara, the world's largest rodent, has been spotted in Paso Robles, CA. Looks like a giant rat to me.
http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/15...edirected=true
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A Capybara, the world's largest rodent, has been spotted in Paso Robles, CA. Looks like a giant rat to me.
http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/15...edirected=true
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omfg it weighs more than me!!!![]()





^ Gigi, you must be tiny!
This is going to haunt my nightmares. I knew I shouldn't have clicked on this.


The capybara is more like a giant guinea pig than a rat.
Poor thing. I hope someone can rescue it before it gets hurt by a predator or something. Somebody had made an exotic pet out of this baby, and then dumped it when they got tired of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYGz3xqiR2U
-- Nephele



The whole country is crawling with 100 lb. rats. We keep electing them into public office.









Hmmm....you know in South America Capybaras are a delicacy and there are a LOT of hungry folks in Cali. Just sayin.http://www.foodista.com/food/M67WZF64/capybarahttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/wo...=1&oref=slogin
People actually ranch those suckers! And Nutria is the new white meat in Louisiana! YUM!http://www.food.com/recipe/smothered...n-style-418543
“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.” - ECKHART TOLLE


Yah, if you watch the video in that link I posted, you'll see that the Catholic Church once declared that the capybara was "fish" so that the faithful could eat capybara on Fridays.
Religion sure gets some funny ideas.
-- Nephele
EDIT: Oops -- I see both those articles you linked also mention the Church's idea about capybara = fish.







Nutria, the other white meat, according to the state of Louisana.
It's not a rat....it is a rodent, but they are nothing like rats. More like overgrown guinea pigs. I've seen them in zoos down here...they are supposedly the world's largest rodents.
They're pretty chill...very laid back....





THe fuck. I would have a heart attack if I saw that out.





^ Lol. Thank goodnes I've never seen whatever rat that is late at night in new orleans. Only place I ever saw a rat ( and weird since I work in new york and chicago) was in baltimore after work walking to the parking garage. The fucken thing ran right by me I screamed bloody murder and freaked the driver for the club out. I thought it was going to attack me! lol.
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