A BBC crew has discovered a new species of giant rat! The animal captured was at about cat size, a good 3.3 lbs heavy and 32 inches long.

Read more about this and watch the BBC video of this gentle giant rat, who is not (yet?) afraid of humans at all.

Earlier in 2009, a rat described as ‘nightmarish’ with its 6 pounds was caught in a residential neighborhood in Fuzhou, China . This appears to be a species of the bamboo rat, which is indigenous to southern Asian countries.

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