September 18, 2003
Guinea Pig From Hell

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 — It would be an exterminator’s worst nightmare: A 1,545-pound rodent with a voracious appetite and big teeth. Resembling a guinea pig grown to the size of a buffalo, the animal lived millions of years ago in a South American swamp and is thought to be history’s biggest rodent, researchers say this week in the journal Science.

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Posted by Ellen at September 18, 2003 06:55 PM
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For some reason I think of the "Twinkie" scene in Ghostbusters when I think about a guinea pig the size of a buffalo.

WINSTON: "Tell him about the Guinea Pig"

VENKMAN (with arched eyebrow): "What about the Guinea Pig?"

Posted by: J. Austin Wilde on September 19, 2003 06:21 PM
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