Largest known rodent wielded its enormous teeth like tusks

If you think you have a rodent problem in your house, just be glad it’s not this one. Scientists have discovered that the largest-known rodent to have ever roamed Earth had ferocious front teeth useful for fighting and digging – much in the way that elephants today use their tusks.



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