Posted on 02/11/2018 8:28:42 AM PST by EdnaMode
A giant 20-pound rodent with the ability to destroy roads, levees and wetlands has been discovered in Stanislaus County.
A giant invasive rodent with the ability to destroy roads, levees and wetlands has been discovered in Stanislaus County.
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True Dat!
Thibedeaux, you go back to de camp and start de rice!
Ship the meat to Obama.
With a label that says "Indonesian Dog Meat"...
“P.S. They are not good eating, no matter how you fix them.”
Maybe not, but their pelts make great clothing.
Beaver-sized muskrats. What could go wrong?
Celebrate the diversity.
The Gray wolves were considered endangered——aren’t they native to the area?
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That’s why god made coyotes and mountain lions.
“I’m not really concerned, hell we already have the Castro brothers.”
Yeah, we got them down in Texas.
I sold an airboat to some Cajuns who made their living hunting nutria. It supposedly wound up in pet food.
There’s one behind my house but the odds of me finding a Capybara locally are pretty slim.
:)
No they weren't.
They absolutely were.
Source?
Having been bitten a few times by Guinea Pigs, if you get one, be careful. Looks like the going price for a baby Capy these days is about $1200 - $1500 plus shipping. Then there is the 8 pounds of food a day, plus grazing.
Yes. So they were replaced with unendangered Canadian wolves that multiplied so rapidly and have devastated the once thriving deer and elk populations. That's why wolf hunting is now legal in Idaho.
Same thing with the West Coast Salmon. They are considered endangered in certain rivers even though they are identical to the others in other rivers up and down the coast. All the while the local Indians can still gill net salmon and sell them on the local market.
Apparently the Liberals can declare most anything a locally endangered thing to gain the ability to control most everything.
Well, there go my Capy dreams.
Can’t afford that much for a giant rat.
:D
Thanks a lot-—I am not too knowledgeable about this type of thing.
Nutria were brought in in the late 19th century to be raised for fur. When it wasn’t economical any more, they were released in the wild. (Similar to what happened when the Emu bubble burst a few years ago.) A hurricane or two helped with distribution, as well.
I understand that older ones can be cheaper- perhaps as little as $500.
If Capys are too expensive, have you considered Nutria? Two feet long (plus a tail almost that long) and you can get them up to 35+ pounds.
I’ve been thinking about trying to domesticate one of the local bobcats.
Big rats need big cats.
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