Cat-Sized Rats Invade Florida

crazy ass shit.

Have they tried a piper?

omg damn

WTF!

They look like gator food to me.

Send them to New York City so they can be with their relatives!

Its kind of hard to control these this type of event when humans killed or relocated most of the predators. I know they are not native to that part of the world but my theory still applies to where ever humans live.

Did they try Peanut Butter? Lol!

I pray they get rid of them soon, I'm sure people fear most for their children. I hope and pray you people get some help soon.<3.

do I smell a rat. off the field and goal line? yes I do. help find the killers of head football coach of penn state joe paterno. see to it that a wrongful death investigation into his passing is initiated.

do I smell a rat. off the field and goal line? yes I do. help find the killers of head football coach of penn state joe paterno. see to it that a wrongful death investigation into his passing is initiated.

lol or REALLY sharp cheese?

this is nasttty,…..i hate rats!

lol lol

send in some jack russel terrier and that will do the job.

i met alot in pasadena

Where are those giant Pythons when you need 'em?

The government would probably cheat a new piper the same as they chetaed the one that took all the children.

I got lots of kitties to send them floridians…free!

I have seen bigger on Wall St.

OMG, even a mouse would send me screaming…I'm just that squeemish. If I saw one of those huge rats they would need to use a defibrillator on me.

Damn they prolly chase the cats… That, or the cats down there are eating good

Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

Does this have to be such blown-up DRAMA? ALL they have to do is set some traps and round them up since there are only a couple of dozen at this point. Then they should be send out to zoos around the country or put to sleep with a needle, not pitch-forked and murdered. They are living, breathing animals with beating hearts. WHERE IS THE HUMANITY PEOPLE?

we'll be happy to have you back in Baltimore, cuz you aint playin wif no catrats.lol

Send some of the presidental hopefuls out there, thier missing some of thier family members.

we can teach the "amateurs" how to deal with them….heeheehee and hee

Not New York send them to DC, thats where you find the big rats

Why don't they borrow some bob cats from out here in the north west yummy food for kittys……

Maybe they should try dog-size cats.

Maybe they should try dog-size cats.

Send them to Washingyon D.C. to the White House. That's where the real rats reside!

Clay Talman GOOD POINT !!

Nothing funny about this at all. Fla is about the filthest place on earth. Not sure what happened down here but 30 yrs ago it was nice. Maybe these aren't rats, maybe they are what happens to politicians and the legal system that are distroying earth.

LMAO … I know, right?!

I have seen way bigger 10 years ago in new york. queens

I have seen way bigger 10 years ago in new york. queens

What do they taste like?

SICK BASTARD IN THE PHOTO ABOVE IS HOLDING IT WITH HIS BARE HANDS!

Aren't they having issues w/ non-native pythons? Shouldn't the pythons be eating the rats? *she asks hopefully*

Capibaras in the amazon? But they are a different story LOL

My aunt makes $85 an hour and she got paid $9670 last month just for working a few hours a day online. All she did was get fortunate and apply the skills she saw here at http://urlgator.com/phe.

I bet they taste like chicken….lol

Giant rats AND Pythons loose in the same area??? Sounds like a problem that will solve itself!

They were imported here and brought a few diseases with them. A few people got severally sick. But the captive breed pouched rats make awesome pets. Once again some idiot let foreign animals loose in florida. Now they are multiplying. -.-

rats come out at night when it is cool and pythons come out during the day when it is warm to sit in the sun. they tried that on an island in the caribean with salamanders to kill the rats no go. reptiles sleep at night.

They need big like cats…..

This is what I need to breed for my snakes

court rooms lousy with them.

that cant be for real.

Gary, I'm guessing you're not liking Florida as much as you use to.

Why would you want to put them in a zoo? They are disease carrying rodents. They need to be eradicated any way they can be…. pitchfork or whatever.

TURTLE POWER!

Wtf..

Pearce, you just sound like a big redneck. It's not like there are thousands of them infesting the place. There are a FEW that have come from wherever they originate — and they CLEARLY are not like the typical "disease-carrying street rat" breed. They are some kind of forest animal. They should be sent back to where they came from or somehow HUMANELY disposed of if that's the only solution.

@ Mark – LOL.

Pearce, you just sound like a big redneck. It's not like there are thousands of them infesting the place. There are a FEW that have come from wherever they originate — and they CLEARLY are not like the typical "disease-carrying street rat" breed. They are some kind of forest animal. They should be sent back to where they came from or somehow HUMANELY disposed of if that's the only solution. …If you read the full story, HUMANS brought them here to sell as PETS for cryin' out loud; so it should be up for humans to now FIX the problem in a proper manner. These animals didn't come here on their Own!!!

"MSNBC reports that the cat-sized rats were introduced to the island by a local rat breeder more than a decade ago. The rats have moved into the wild where they are now breeding and wreaking havoc on the ecosystem." …real bright idea by the "rat-breeder" to be irresponsible and let some loose, whether by accident or not. Complete irresponsibility. What a shame.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/211473/cat-sized-rats-invade-florida/#Gx1AgmAMlq14V1XR.99

Cat size rat? That's nothing, they got Human size rats wearing Police Uniforms in Sanford Florida.

Load 'em up and send them to Tulsa. Eggroll Express will fry 'em up! LOL

Load 'em up and send them to Tulsa. Eggroll Express will fry 'em up! LOL

Load 'em up and send them to Tulsa. Eggroll Express will fry 'em up! LOL

Turn them loose in DC with the rest of the rats.

Hell the "Blue Hairs", Yankees, and Haitian Invaders half already upset the ecological balance of Florida…what's a few rats, more or less?

Different agencies use these rats to find land mines and to determine if hospitals are missing patients as having tuberculosis (Look up "HeroRats"). Gambian pouched rats are friendly, smart and trainable. its a shame they are in the wrong place at the wrong time, because these little guys are awesome! P.S.: you can stop 'fearing for your children'. they really don't care about them. Sheesh.

Can we breed them to become pets? I want one.

they are complaining about a couple dozen rats when the Everglades and points beyond are absolutely alive with pythons…those are the wee beasties they better come up with a plan to get rid of…it is at the point now where you could call it a pandemic of snakes….and the monkeys, and the wild pigs…monkeys are not nice, and the wild pigs are rooting up lawns all over Lakewood ranch.

they are complaining about a couple dozen rats when the Everglades and points beyond are absolutely alive with pythons…those are the wee beasties they better come up with a plan to get rid of…it is at the point now where you could call it a pandemic of snakes….and the monkeys, and the wild pigs…monkeys are not nice, and the wild pigs are rooting up lawns all over Lakewood ranch.

Beware of the fire swamp.

Beware of the fire swamp.

Yeah, they're trying to get to the King of All Rats…. President Obama

Yeah, they're trying to get to the King of All Rats…. President Obama

I'll bet the ones still out there are trap savy and will be very hard to trap. Isn't this what a Rat Terrier dog is for? Also there are snakes that eat rats, have they tried them?

Let the rats come to FL-all of the boas and pythons that are roaming loose should take care of the problem

Let the rats come to FL-all of the boas and pythons that are roaming loose should take care of the problem

LOL

ODUMBO IS THE KING OF THESE RATS YOU MORONIC LIBERAL

oh pls desiree-give me a break-buy a cat or snake

I have definitely seen Bigger RATS in DC!

unless it happens to you, you would be scared too.

My aunt makes $85 an hour and she got paid $9670 last month just for working a few hours a day online. All she did was get fortunate and apply the skills she saw here at http://urlgator.com/phe.

PEOPLE RUINED IT CHERYLE, PEOPLE!!

Why are people so paranoid about these rats? They are not vicious, not going to attack your children, they are very intelligent & make great pets!

Well, I guess it's time to break out the good old carbine.Hey all you a-holes who let these things loose.This is my freakin state.Knock it off.

Need to use the rats to catch the snakes. I need a new pair of shoes.

I watched a show about some guy trying to make a market for python and invasive species.I wish him luck.

It's pretty fucking funny actually.

I read that in a hillbilly accent cuz you're a hillbilly

No gloves holding rat. Yuk

No gloves holding rat. Yuk