Dwelling on the reasons of the Gujarat Chief Minister's act, Sombhai said a young Modi did it in response to an inner call to work for the nation and the society inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekanand.
Giant Rodent Fossil Found In Uruguay. In this image released in London Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008 by the Royal Society, an artist's illustration shows variations on the head of Josephoartigasia monesi, a newly discovered extinct species of rodent. Eeek! Imagine a rodent that weighed a ton and was as big as a bull. Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South America about 4 million years ago, when the continent was not connected to North America.
Gwydion Madawc Williams, Degree in Zoology plus a lot of reading. The Blue whale is the largest living mammal, and thought to be the most bulky animal ever. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal. But many extinct species were bigger. Paraceratherium, a long-legged and long necked relative of the rhinocerous, is often viewed as the largest ever - see Biggest Ever Land Mammal | Paraceratherium.