{"id":2290,"date":"2009-04-13T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T04:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2009-04-13T12:57:14","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T04:57:14","slug":"if-you-think-those-rats-in-geylang-serai-are-big-look-at-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/13\/if-you-think-those-rats-in-geylang-serai-are-big-look-at-this\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Think those Rats in Geylang Serai are Big, Look at This!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geylang Serai&#8217;s food poisoning incident has caused a big hoo-ha over the rats population in wet markets and hawker center. In Straits time report, they have reported that a total of 61 rats were caught by pest company. It is a shame that this thing happens in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about it, I remembered a news a few months ago about a Giant Rat caught in China. I taught I might share with you this picture of a super big rat (as far as I know). Picture after the break as it might not be comfortable with some people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2291\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/13\/if-you-think-those-rats-in-geylang-serai-are-big-look-at-this\/pd27002523\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rat_1298860f.jpg?fit=220%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"220,293\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Enormous rat caught in China  ** WEB GRAB***\\rhttp:\/\/news.163.com\/09\/0216\/08\/528RRJ2500011229.html \\r20090216082328be436.png \\rEnormous rat caught in China A giant rat with one-inch-long teeth has been caught in the southern Chinese province of Fujian.\\r\\rBy Malcolm Moore in Shanghai Keywords: Rat, Fuzhou, giant, bamboo The rat, which weighed six pounds and had a 12-inch tail, was caught at the weekend in a residential area of Fuzhou, a city of six million people on Chinas south coast.\\r\\rThe rat-catcher, who was only named as Mr Xian, said he swooped for the rodent after seeing a big crowd of people surrounding it on the street.\\r\\rHe told local Chinese newspapers that he thought the rat might be a valuable specimen, or a rare species, and had to muster up his courage before grabbing its tail and picking it up by the scruff of its neck.\\r\\r\\&quot;I did it, I caught a rat the size of a cat! he shouted out afterwards, according to the reports. Mr Xian is believed to still be in possession of the animal, after stuffing into a bag and departing the scene.\\r\\rThe local forestry unit in the city identified the nightmarish creature as a bamboo rat from initial photographs, but said that it would need to examine the rat more closely before making a final identification.\\r\\rChinese bamboo rats rarely grow beyond ten inches and are found throughout southern China, northern Burma and Vietnam. However, the Sumatra bamboo rat, usually found in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan and in the Malay peninsula can grow up to 30 inches long, including tail, and can weigh up to eight pounds. A Giant Rat of Sumatra is mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes tale: The Adventure of a Sussex Vampire.\\r\\rAll bamboo rats are slow-moving and usually spend their time in underground burrows, feeding on bamboo. Chinese bamboo rats are often sold for meat in Chinese markets. The largest rats in the world are thought to be African giant pouched rats, which can grow up to 36 inches in length.\\r\\rends&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;PD*27002523&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PD*27002523\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Enormous rat caught in China  ** WEB GRAB***&lt;br \/&gt;\nhttp:\/\/news.163.com\/09\/0216\/08\/528RRJ2500011229.html&lt;br \/&gt;\n20090216082328be436.png&lt;br \/&gt;\nEnormous rat caught in China A giant rat with one-inch-long teeth has been caught in the southern Chinese province of Fujian.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;By Malcolm Moore in Shanghai Keywords: Rat, Fuzhou, giant, bamboo The rat, which weighed six pounds and had a 12-inch tail, was caught at the weekend in a residential area of Fuzhou, a city of six million people on Chinas south coast.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The rat-catcher, who was only named as Mr Xian, said he swooped for the rodent after seeing a big crowd of people surrounding it on the street.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;He told local Chinese newspapers that he thought the rat might be a valuable specimen, or a rare species, and had to muster up his courage before grabbing its tail and picking it up by the scruff of its neck.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I did it, I caught a rat the size of a cat! he shouted out afterwards, according to the reports. Mr Xian is believed to still be in possession of the animal, after stuffing into a bag and departing the scene.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The local forestry unit in the city identified the nightmarish creature as a bamboo rat from initial photographs, but said that it would need to examine the rat more closely before making a final identification.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Chinese bamboo rats rarely grow beyond ten inches and are found throughout southern China, northern Burma and Vietnam. However, the Sumatra bamboo rat, usually found in the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan and in the Malay peninsula can grow up to 30 inches long, including tail, and can weigh up to eight pounds. A Giant Rat of Sumatra is mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes tale: The Adventure of a Sussex Vampire.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;All bamboo rats are slow-moving and usually spend their time in underground burrows, feeding on bamboo. Chinese bamboo rats are often sold for meat in Chinese markets. The largest rats in the world are thought to be African giant pouched rats, which can grow up to 36 inches in length.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;ends&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rat_1298860f.jpg?fit=220%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2291 aligncenter\" title=\"PD*27002523\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rat_1298860f.jpg?resize=220%2C293\" alt=\"PD*27002523\" width=\"220\" height=\"293\" \/><br \/>\nSo, what do you think? Have you experience with such a big rat before?<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/china\/4688453\/Giant-rat-caught-in-China.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/china\/4688453\/Giant-rat-caught-in-China.html\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geylang Serai&#8217;s food poisoning incident has caused a big hoo-ha over the rats population in wet markets and hawker center. In Straits time report, they have reported that a total of 61 rats were caught by pest company. It is a shame that this thing happens in Singapore. Thinking about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,29],"tags":[676],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information","category-other-stuff","tag-rat"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8YKZ-AW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2293,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions\/2293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}