A First: Mysterious big-eared mammal caught on film.


	A First: Mysterious big-eared mammal caught on film.

BitDrifter

12-10-2007 9:02 PM

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ears, video, images, rodent, animals, cute, kangaroo, china, mongolia, desert

BitDrifter says:

"They have one of the biggest ear-to-body ratios out there."

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12-24-2007 2:09 PM

docdoober

Wow, looks like a dude I went to school with. Ratio and all.

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