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Giant Rat Caught in China! [PICS]

Giant rats have long infested our imaginations, with books and films positively swarming with the beasts. Yet the capture of one of the nightmarish creatures last week suggested that they may not just be safely confined to the realms of fiction. The monster rat, caught in the Chinese city of Fuzhou, was armed with 1-inch-long teeth, possessed a 12-inch long tail, and weighed in at a heavyweight six pounds.

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Men Cause $200,000 Grass Fire Trying to Blow Up Gophers

In a story reminiscent of Carl Spackler’s struggles in Caddyshack, two Canadian men caused hundreds of thousands in damages as they attempted to blow up some wily gophers. The gopher laughs heartily at your pathetic attempts to exterminate it. Image by Chuck Szmurlo The two men set out to [...]

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China’s All-Natural Pest Control Program

Today I saw a story that was headlined “Beijing starts new pest control program”. Tree of sparrows. Image by Fir0002 Having just read about the arrest of dozens of Tibetans who protested against the state, I was shocked by this euphemistic language on the mistreatment of our fellow men.

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