Tehran Battles Plague of 'Mutant' Giant Rats with Army Snipers

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February 20, 2013 1:08 PM GMT
http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2013/02/20/346383.jpg Iran's capital of Tehran is infested by huge rats (Reuters)

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.

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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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[Spectrism]

Traps are much more efficient. Quieter. Safer. Easier.

[Heimdhal]

Traps are much more efficient. Quieter. Safer. Easier.

Traps dont train your snipers to seek out and shoot head sized, moving objects in large urban areas.

[Norweger]

Not the only rats that plague that nation.

[gunDriller]

plenty of Mossad operatives in Tehran. maybe that's what the article is talking about.

[Ponce]

My dog would be one of the fighters to get rid of them, for the good of the country.............actually he is only looking for a free meal and like I posted before... he will eat anything but for pop-corn.

V

[Dogman]

My dog would be one of the fighters to get rid of them, for the good of the country.............actually he is only looking for a free meal and like I posted before... he will eat anything but for pop-corn.

V
Be careful Ponce, those rats look bigger than your dog!

I just hate to see any dogs put on the menu, anywhere by any thing!

[Neuro]

I doubt they are mutants I have heard of rats that can become bigger than cats, and once in India I saw a rat that I would estimate to about a kilo maybe two in a lassi shop, and that was twenty years ago...

[mamboni]

They need to import giant mutant cats, obviously.

[Glass]

they look a bit like river rats. Thats about the size of the ones we get around the river here in Perth. Seen bigger though. Good idea on the shooting practice.

[Spectrism]

They need to import giant mutant cats, obviously.


I think this sounds far too serious for simple mutant voracious cats. I propose we send them our best canabalistic sewer diver, rat-munching monster.

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[Neuro]

they look a bit like river rats. Thats about the size of the ones we get around the river here in Perth. Seen bigger though. Good idea on the shooting practice.
And then you have the kangaroo's. Exactly how much radiation do you have in Australia? ;D

[Glass]

And then you have the kangaroo's. Exactly how much radiation do you have in Australia? ;D

Those aren't kangaroos, just really big mice.

[Dogman]

Those aren't kangaroos, just really big mice. With "Rumble" seats upfront for the kids! ;D

[Ponce]

In New Orleans the river rats are called "river chickens" and in many restaurants they eat then

V

[Dogman]

In New Orleans the river rats are called "river chickens" and in many restaurants they eat then

V

Nutria are everywhere in south Louisiana, and most of the cajons I ran with when liveing down there did put them on the menu!

They really are not bad eating at all!

[osoab]

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No fair using 7 year-olds to hold up the dead rodents.





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They're hunting rats with a FAL?

[Cebu_4_2]

Those asshole countries are fucked. Anyone can just go out and shoot some rat because they think it is big. How stupid. If they only had gun control perhaps even if just one life was saved it would be a better place. Where is Pelosi when you need him?

[skid]

Nice scope mount. The hose clamps must hold it extra rigid....

[Mouse]

The hose clamps are probably to hold a flashlight whenever batteries are not in shortage.