Photograph: Jonny Keeling\/BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCan you guys believe that it is Friday already? I can’t either.\u00a0 I hope you are all up to something fun and exciting this weekend.\u00a0 It looks like I will be spending my time in Vancouver for the weekend.\u00a0 I will make sure to bring my camera in case I manage to discover a new urban animal.\u00a0 Speaking of discovering new animals, today’s fact was only discovered a few years ago (how do you like that segue?) There isn’t a lot of information on the newly discovered Bosavi Wooly Rat but I wanted to share the information that does exist with all of you.<\/p>\n
This is the type of rat that I would expect to discover on my travels to Vancouver.\u00a0 It is almost 3 feet in length and weighs over 3 pounds.\u00a0 That is one big rat! I made a Ninja Turtle comment a few days ago so I am guessing that this rat would be their fearless leader, Splinter.\u00a0 So why did it take so long for humans to discover this large rat?\u00a0 Well, it doesn’t hang out in sewers or anywhere that people reside.\u00a0 You see this “little” guy was found living in an extinct Volcano, Mount Bosavi, in Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 In fact they discovered numerous animal species in this crater.\u00a0 Their adventure is truly a dream of any biologist.<\/p>\n
What I like about the wooly rat is the fact that it is actually a true rat like the ones you expect to find in the sewers.\u00a0 We have talked about other large rodents like beavers or capybara’s but this is a real rat! The other fascinating behaviour was its complete lack of fear of humans.\u00a0 This animal had absolutely no idea what a human being was and therefore wasn’t afraid. The thought of a whole ecosystem going on without human interference is incredible and rare these days.<\/p>\n
Before we go, I just wanted to give you one last piece of information about this amazing rat.\u00a0 The Bosavi Wooly Rat has a long, thick coat of silver-brown fur which is theorized to help protect them against the cold, wet conditions of the volcano.<\/p>\n
Well, I am off to discover my own species.\u00a0 I hope you will all do the same this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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