Rats the size of DOGS might roam Earth one day, scientist claims - and they could evolve to be 'whales' of the future

RATS could one day be the size of dogs – and the building blocks for the “whales of the future”, a scientist has claimed. Super-size rodents will be commonplace in a few million y…

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