Elgin Size
Posted in Watches on 04/26/2009 02:49 am by adminI live near Elgin, TX. My cats brought in what appears to be a rat with a hamster tail! WHAT IS IT??
I live in a wooded area near a wet-weather creek. The cats are finding these "hamster rats" outside, and I had never seen one before last week. They have the exact same features as rats, i.e., same size, same ears, same face, same feet, same brown/gray hair, etc. The only difference is the tail, which is basically a hairy stump, exactly like a hamster. (The cats did not bite off the tails; I saw one freshly killed.) Responders to a similar question suggested a type of shrew or vole. But, this is neither. Its head, face, eyes, and ears look exactly like a rat! I have researched this extensively and can find absolutely no documentation of any animal living in the wild that looks like this! If I find another one freshly killed, I'll take a photo. For now, try to picture the offspring of someone's pet hamster that escaped into the woods and bred with a Norway rat! What in the world is it??
Could just be rats that have lost part of their tails. This is more common than you might think!
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