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Giant rat which is five times the size of a normal rodent and is fearless of humans has been discovered by scientists.

Researchers believe the mammoth-sized rat is a new breed… but don’t worry, they are in Indonesia.

Slighty less worringly, they’ve also found a ‘tiny possum.’

“The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city rat,” said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. “With no fear of humans, it apparently came into the camp several times during the trip.”

The possum was described as “one of the worlds smallest marsupials.”

 

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