dutchess-county-real-estate.com

Giant, dog-sized rat documented in East Timor (AFP)

This undated combo of pictures released by Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) and Dr Ken Aplin shows upper toothrows of an extinct Timorese giant rat (L) -- what the researchers at CSIRO call the biggest rat that ever lived -- next to the entire skull of a common black rat (R), for comparison.(AFP/CSIRO/Dr Ken Aplin)AFP - Australian archaeologists have documented the remains of ancient giant rats the size of small dogs which were discovered in a remote East Timorese cave.