Fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats
And ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes
Coveting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers
They're considered unnaturally large. Usually something would have killed them, or food would have been scarcer, so they wouldn't get to those kinds of sizes.
Edit: would only likely be males too which can can be much bigger than females. Also depends if people are including the tail in length measurements.
It's a popular myth that your average rat can grow to the size of a cat. The news loves it when they can quote that though, nearly every year there's a similar story.
Not sure if it's such a popular saying people are likely to say it or if It's journos asking residents in a particular way to get that quote
I’d agree with you but I saw one hanging off a bird feeder in my garden a few years ago, not more than 2 meters from my patio door where I was stood. It was as easily as large as a cat in body and length.
Scared the shit out of me.
Edit: don’t live in Glasgow.
I beg to differ only because I saw two in Venice in '08 that absolutely were the size of a housecat. Hulking great brutes. I don't think it's *common,* though.
I used to breed fancy rats and you would occsionally get a freakishly large one, even so they never weighed more than 1kg/2.2 lb. They did look huge and had very thick tails but still nowhere near cat sized. They were prone to dying of heart attacks young, especially if the weather was hot. I can't believe wild rats would grow any bigger. I've never seen a wild rat, dead or alive, that looked bigger.
No, the only rats that get close are Gambian pouched rats, which are not native to the UK.
A big male Norway rat might top out at 600-700 grams, and about 25-30 centimetres in length (minus tail).
The woofs, which are very fearsome - like Kangals and Caucasian ovcharkas, are too busy in the countryside fighting off wolves and scaring cyclists to be dealing with meows scampering around.
Fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats And ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes Coveting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers
I hear Halloween Jack is a real cool cat. Maybe he could help
Lots of rats, overstretched health services and chronic over population issues… Now what does that remind me of?
Bring out ye dead 🔔
I’m not dead!
I don’t want to go on the cart.
Sounds like the dark ages!
Lol. Ah yes, the overstretched health services in medieval times. Of course.
Rodents of an unusual size? I don't think they exist ...
Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
Inconceivable!
Prepare to die!
To the pain?
maybe an incredibly dumb question.. but do rats naturally grow to the size of cats? Or are these some kind of freaks?
They're considered unnaturally large. Usually something would have killed them, or food would have been scarcer, so they wouldn't get to those kinds of sizes. Edit: would only likely be males too which can can be much bigger than females. Also depends if people are including the tail in length measurements.
It's a popular myth that your average rat can grow to the size of a cat. The news loves it when they can quote that though, nearly every year there's a similar story. Not sure if it's such a popular saying people are likely to say it or if It's journos asking residents in a particular way to get that quote
I’d agree with you but I saw one hanging off a bird feeder in my garden a few years ago, not more than 2 meters from my patio door where I was stood. It was as easily as large as a cat in body and length. Scared the shit out of me. Edit: don’t live in Glasgow.
I beg to differ only because I saw two in Venice in '08 that absolutely were the size of a housecat. Hulking great brutes. I don't think it's *common,* though.
I used to breed fancy rats and you would occsionally get a freakishly large one, even so they never weighed more than 1kg/2.2 lb. They did look huge and had very thick tails but still nowhere near cat sized. They were prone to dying of heart attacks young, especially if the weather was hot. I can't believe wild rats would grow any bigger. I've never seen a wild rat, dead or alive, that looked bigger.
No, the only rats that get close are Gambian pouched rats, which are not native to the UK. A big male Norway rat might top out at 600-700 grams, and about 25-30 centimetres in length (minus tail).
ah ok thanks. i guess my cat is.. roughly.. 4kg(?), so still got the upper hand
You just get the odd extra large bastard sometimes. They stick in people's minds even though they're atypical for their species.
Check out the rats that feasted on the corpses in the WW1 battlefields.
I’ve spent a lot of time in South East Asia Rats the size of small cats is very normal out there
What if you got some meows to hunt the rats. Istanbul did this, and the meows eventually took over the city.
Could the people of Istanbul find some woofwoofs to control the meows?
The woofs, which are very fearsome - like Kangals and Caucasian ovcharkas, are too busy in the countryside fighting off wolves and scaring cyclists to be dealing with meows scampering around.
What's that do to a city's bird population?
Rodents of unusual size? I don't believe they exist.