Deadcake said:

I know it looks impressive, but this rat is an example of "something closer to the lens looks bigger" phenomenon, last creeping out the masses with camel spiders from Iraq.

Look at the thickness of the dustpan's handle - that's your reference for size, NOT the guy holding it

And just for old time's sake

see?

nice... but in the pic with the rat...thats not a dustpan he's holding with the rat on it..its more like a yard tool..

peb319 said:

Deadcake said:

peb319 said:

nice... but in the pic with the rat...thats not a dustpan he's holding with the rat on it..its more like a yard tool..

So I went to the toolshed, my shovel and rake handles aren't really much thicker than my dustpan's maybe I have a super heavy duty dustpan and brush set!

maybe cuz thats a shovel sized handle on whatever dude's holding, and the dust pan handle on mine is much smaller but those rats do get big... i was born upstate NY..and the river rats were huge like that!

Harlepolis said:

http://twitpic.com/83ky29

And before you ask, that shit ain't a dog

LOL I've never seen one as big as that before!!!

It is an African rat, a pouched rat-they get as big as 2 feet. One of them was killed at Brooklyn's Marcy Projects last year-it was the same size and white. They are very docile and don't see well.

Maybe they're not that docile

http://www.dailymail.co.u...tacks.html

or this: (I believe Johnart has a pair of these beauties)

kewlschool said:

or this: (I believe Johnart has a pair of these beauties)

Princess Leia will feed you to the Wampa for that! She likes Dave1992's boots though

Bit of fur around the calves would be nice

Yuck.

Deadcake said:

kewlschool said:

or this: (I believe Johnart has a pair of these beauties)

Princess Leia will feed you to the Wampa for that! She likes Dave1992's boots though

Bit of fur around the calves would be nice

Harlepolis said:

SoulAlive said:

you find rats like these in your home??

Uh,,,,,,,,,,nope

And I sure as cold hell don't plan to

scriptgirl said:

It is an African rat, a pouched rat-they get as big as 2 feet. One of them was killed at Brooklyn's Marcy Projects last year-it was the same size and white. They are very docile and don't see well.

NYC has always had a rat problem. They're even seen on the train tracks. The Brooklyn's Marcy Project area, I am familiar with that area. My sister and brother-in-law used to run a beauty and barber shop there. Then they gave it up, and moved south.

I used to live in NY. I have seen rats on the tracks and I once saw one as big as a cat

scriptgirl said:

I used to live in NY. I have seen rats on the tracks and I once saw one as big as a cat

You're right about that, and they have been known to roam the platform. I thought by now, they have found ways to resolve this issue with rats