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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 2886747" data-attributes="member: 1164">They were darn big, so yeah, likly a raven.Here is something cool, the opposum won't be the main contender for the North american dire rat much longer...Gambian pouch rat: Currently these rats have been an invasive species on Grassy Key in the Florida Keys. It is unknown how the rat was released to the wild, and there is fear that if the rats reach Key Largo they could invade the Everglades and cause great ecological damage. Biologists say it would compete for food with native species, carry diseases, and damage the bird population by eating their eggs.This outsized African rodent is also believed to be responsible for the current outbreak of monkeypox in the United States. In 2003, the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration issued an order preventing the importation of the rodents following the first reported outbreak of monkeypox. Several African species are believed to carry the disease.</blockquote>