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[oakenguy]

Scientists have unearthed the remains of guinea pigs the size of buffalo. They're thinking they might have roamed South America in huge herds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3120950.stm

They're thinking they were easy prey for the ten-foot-high flightless birds and marsupial lions that lived in the area. They leave it to the reader to imagine what 1,000 giant guinea pigs quorp!ing the alarm call sounded like.

Dinos, schminos. This is SO my favorite prehistoric era.

Anyone feel like writing a very strange Watership Down meets Clan of the Cave Bear story about life back then?

Comments

[freyja.livejournal.com]

ken's gonna love this :)

[marm0t.livejournal.com]

BEST POST EVER.

[empheliath.livejournal.com]

Rodents Of Unusual Size, indeed...

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Oaken, my head just exploded.

Years ago, in high school and early college, I co-wrote a fantasy novel with my best friend. We decided one day, hyped on far too much sugar, that we wouldn't tolerate the boredom of mere horses in our universe. We installed giant, long-haired guinea pigs as our mounts of choice.

I am speechless with joy that they actually existed.

Now I must run a game in this area during that timeframe.

[malterre.livejournal.com]

With some genetics labs, lots of moola and stock in a lettuce farm you could be King I tell you! King!

I *lurve* the idea of riding giant guinea pigs.
"With a resounding "Gwoot! Gwoot!" They rode to the battleground and nibbled them mightily!"

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

GUINEA-ZILLA!

[xcentrikka.livejournal.com]

Please honey, here in NYC we've had rodents the size of buffalo for ages. Ain't no news story. Hehehe....

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

LOL! Good point. I think one of them tried to sell me an overpriced camera, last time I was down there.