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Lie wrote on 2013-03-01 18:23
Quote from International Business Times:
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[SIZE="1"]Iran's capital of Tehran is infested by huge rats[/SIZE]
Tehran, the capital of Iran, is battling an invasion of "genetically mutated" giant rats.
Iran has sent in sniper teams to clear Tehran's streets from the massive rodents weighting up to five kilos plaguing 26 district of the Iranian capital, the city's environmental agency said.
"They seem to have had a genetic mutation, probably as a result of radiations and the chemical used on them," Ismail Kahram, Teheran city council environment adviser and university professor Ismail Kahram told Qudsonline.ir.
"They are now bigger and look different. These are changes that normally take millions of years of evolution. They have jumped from 60 grams to five kilos, and cats are now smaller than them."
The "mutated rats" have been running rampant in the capital, as cats are scared off by their giant size and traditional poison appear to have no effect on them.
To stop them storming of restaurants' backyards and scavenging public waste containers, the council has deployed ten snipers teams armed with infra-red sighted rifles.
"We use chemical poisons to kill the rats during the day and the snipers at night, so it has become a 24/7 war," the head of the environment agency, Mohammad Hadi Heydarzadeh, said.
Rats' carcasses are burnt or buried in lime.
So far 2,205 rats have been shot dead, but the war is far to be won and the council is planning to bring the snipers team up to 40.
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[SIZE="1"]Sniper takes aim in against rat invasion[/SIZE]
Source:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/437326/20130220/iran-rats-tehran-snipers-mutated.htm
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Joker wrote on 2013-03-01 18:33
wow thats kinda scary
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Mentosftw wrote on 2013-03-01 19:28
Wouldn't snipers in the city pose problems to public safety?
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-03-01 20:21
Jesus christ, see this is why we need to be careful with radiation. Next thing you know it'll be like 8-legged freaks where we have Giant spiders. *shudders*
What are you doing Iran? Stahp.
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Hitaki wrote on 2013-03-01 20:23
I was expecting something like Mole Rats when I read "Mutated Giant Rats"
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Kitkat wrote on 2013-03-01 21:54
Murasaki was right...
Quote from Murasaki:
It has begun.
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Chiyuri wrote on 2013-03-02 01:52
I read the tittle too fast and read it as "Tehran Battles Plague of 'Mutant' Giant Rats with Army Spiders"
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Kitkat wrote on 2013-03-02 02:36
Quote from Chiyuri;1041284:
I read the tittle too fast and read it as "Tehran Battles Plague of 'Mutant' Giant Rats with Army Spiders"
That'd be escalating just a little bit too quickly...
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rzetlin wrote on 2013-03-06 20:28
When I read the title I thought it said "Tehran Mutant Giant Rats Armed with Snipers".
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Kitkat wrote on 2013-03-06 22:29
Quote from rzetlin;1043200:
When I read the title I thought it said "Tehran Mutant Giant Rats Armed with Snipers".
Good lord... it
has begun.
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Xxazurekitex wrote on 2013-03-11 21:33
Oh great.
Load smash, prepare windmill, ready defense.
When the giant spiders come be ready.
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Froglord of DESTINY!!! wrote on 2013-03-18 14:49
Giant rats give humanity.