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Wow those rats are HUGE. This is AFTER they've been barbecued so they'll have had heads and fur removed and shrunk from moisture loss and they still look that big. Wouldn't want to find one of those things before they're barbecued.
These are bamboo rats. They grow pretty big. Some are grown in farms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_rat
Um, what?
https://youtu.be/fSfIYwR1afU 😁
They really do look like molerats from Fallout
they look like invasive pests, so its probably a good idea.
luckily its native species instead of the nasty brown or black rats, or even the polynesian rat.