Rodents of Unusual Size – ROUS | Jim Letourneau's Big Picture Speculator

Rodents of Unusual Size – ROUS

Fans of the Princess Bride are familiar with ROUS’s or rodents of unusual size. Scientists have found fossil evidence of a ROUS from Uruguay that weighed over a TON. Perhaps not as exciting as a T-Rex but these furry vermin could support a major pest control industry.

http://www.jimletourneau.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_48.png

http://www.jimletourneau.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_48.png

http://www.jimletourneau.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_48.png

http://www.jimletourneau.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/newsvine_48.png

http://www.jimletourneau.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_48.png

http://www.jimletourneau.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_48.png

http://www.jimletourneau.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_48.png

http://www.jimletourneau.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/twitter_48.png

This entry was posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 at 6:30 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Rodents of Unusual Size – ROUS”

admin Says:
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:14 am
Just as an aside, the rat trap photo was taken on Beach Street in Levuka, Fiji. It was Fiji’s first capital city. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levuka