Last seen in 1898, red-crested tree rat pokes its nose out

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BY SARAH LASKOW
20 MAY 2011 12:55 PM


This is a very fuzzy, cute rodent, and no one has seen one like it since 1898. It's called a red-crested tree rat, or, more evocatively, a red-crested soft-furred spiny-rat.

This one wandered up to two volunteers at Fundacións ProAves' El Dorado Nature Reserve in Colombia earlier this month and hung around for a couple of hours, just chilling like it wasn’t supposed to be extinct or anything. ProAves is launching what it calls a "major effort" to save the species, now that we know there are some.
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-05-20-last-seen-in-1898-red-crested-tree-rat-pokes-its-nose-out

[Enrique]

1. he looks mad

maybe he didn't want to be found. :-)

[drmeow]

2. My goodness he's adorable! n/t

[arcane1]

3. CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!

:cutegasm:

[DianaForRussFeingold]

4. Awww, So Cute! Made me think of the song 'Ben'

"Last seen in 1898" :rofl:

Where you been' hiding? :hide:

:kick:

'Michael Jackson performing Original Song nominee "Ben" from the film "Ben" at the 45th Annual Academy Awards in 1973. Introduced by Charlton Heston.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1dAQN5QcZU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

[Odin2005]

5. AWWWW!!!