Giant Gerbils Over-running Parts of China.....

The giant gerbil story is not getting much coverage. Maybe there is media blackout on this in favor of the farmer protests. The infestation of giant gerbils in Xinjiang has already destroyed a grassland area the size of Switerland.

The gerbils running riot in China's arid far north-west may sound like the fluffy pets loved by so many children but they are in a different league.

An explosion of gerbils is decimating vast areas of grasslands in China's north-western Xinjiang region, with some of the prairies completely destroyed by hundreds of rodent burrows, according to authorities in the region.

I think that this is stranger than fiction, "The Giant Gerbils That Ate Beijing." The Chinese equivalent of Godzilla.

Solution: Quick fried with a little ginger and scallions would quickly bring this problem under control.