# New Rodent Discovered--Not Politician

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rodent-discovered-not-politician/303546>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 12, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rodent-discovered-not-politician/303546 "2005-05-12T12:09:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rodent-discovered-not-politician/303546/1 "2005-05-12T12:09:03Z")

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A whole new type of rodent, with no known existing close relatives, has been found in Laos. [LINK with article & drawing.](http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3178283)

Apparently, they eat it, so we know that it must taste like chicken.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rodent-discovered-not-politician/303546/2 "2005-05-12T12:11:34Z")

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They look somewhat cartoonish. I wonder if they make good pets. Laos is not all that remote, I wonder how it took so long to “discover” something that is sold as food in the market.