Has anyone heard about the killer-rats migrating to the United States of America? http://www.apopo.org/hires/
Question Details: Allegedly, while a man was posting stakes for his new lawn in a rural community north of New York City, a giant rat jumped from the ground attacking the man while being caught on camera. The rat was of irish origin and is appeared to have migrated with many more rodents to the New York City-Boston area from ships leaving port in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Some predict the rats to be migrating West across America. What are your opinions? (Click the above jpeg for image? And if you're interested in the irish rat problem at the current time? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4487526.stm
2007-02-09 12:43:56 · 11 answers · asked by Karrissa 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Or try this image?
http://www.apopo.org/hires/reward2.JPG
2007-02-09 12:50:01 · update #1
I hate to burst your bubble but this is a Gambian Pouched Rat being trained to sniff out land mines in war-torn areas of the world.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=Gambian+puched+rats+sniffing+out+land+mines&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAscYqL80.x8jy71l3_Mj6BgazKIX%2FSIG%3D111gjvvgj%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAsuRZXHyX3jz_HHQlFel4xgazKIX%2FSIG%3D11ia1qo58%2F**http%253a%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=Gambian+puched+rats+sniffing+out+land+mines
Sounds like you got duped by the paranoia propaganda.
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2007-02-10 17:26:54 · answer #1 · answered by spazrats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you have in the picture link appears to be a Gambian giant rat working a simulated minefield and being rewarded for a successful run. Note the harness, the staked out area, and that the guy is actually feeding the rat. They make nice pets.
More on Gambian rats--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambian_pouch_rat
2007-02-09 14:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by Redneck Crow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. And that story is nearly 2 years old.
The reporter couldn't spell worth a hoot so I suspect it was made up to begin with.
There is no mention of it on any of the search engines.
The photo shows someone feeding one - and is that a harness on the so-called killer rat? In the USA, we call them pets.
Another farce.
2007-02-09 13:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by north79004487 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cool. We've kind of got that problem now with the urban raccoons. I feed the ones in my garage, just to keep them from eating the cats.
2016-05-24 19:00:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard they have blood dripping from their fangs that are the size of a normal steak knife but sharper.
Pretty freaky looking pic, it doesn't look like a rat at all, but then I don't know what it looks like. Think I'll stick to my pet rats, they don't want to chase anything unless its food.
2007-02-09 13:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://www.apopo.org/hires/reward2.JPG
is not a rat!
and he sure looks like he is playing with or feeding it not being ATTACKED!
2007-02-09 12:55:51 · answer #6 · answered by onestepbeyond 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-09 12:59:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-10 14:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by shannonlee05@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-13 03:30:24 · answer #9 · answered by Shar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
never heard of it
2007-02-11 05:23:52 · answer #10 · answered by Maria M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋