Raising rats for food inside a Jap POW camp in WWII.
Posted on 02/12/2018 2:52:03 AM PST by LibWhacker
A giant invasive rodent with the ability to destroy roads, levees and wetlands has been discovered in Stanislaus County.
Weighing in at 20 pounds and measuring 2 feet, 6 inches long, plus a 12-inch tail, the nutria live in or near water. They're also incredibly destructive.
“They burrow in dikes, and levees, and road beds, so they weaken infrastructure, (which is) problematic for flood control systems,” California Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Peter Tira said.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is sounding an alarm about the invasive nutria.
When nutria aren’t burrowing, they’re eating. They can consume 25 percent of their body weight each day in vegetation, but they waste and destroy 10 times that.
Since 2017, more than 20 nutria have been spotted in Stanislaus, Merced and Fresno counties. However, that number could explode if they aren't dealt with quickly. Nutria can give birth to up to 200 offspring each year.
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We have nutria here in Texas in the river. Louisiana has them too.
Well no wonder the armadillo has moved out of Texas and into Missouri... Never seen one alive, but plenty as roadkill.
They look like ground hogs.
The word is out...... California is a Nutria sanctuary
Illegal Aliens destroy their sanctuary
River rats. Ugh. Too bad calink has such restrictive gun laws. There should be a bounty on these.
20 pound democrats, burrowing? Must not be many rocks to hide under.
Recipe by Brian Berry from Hotel Acadiana's Bayou Bistro
2 smoked nutria, cut into serving pieces
1/2 pound sliced andouille sausage
1 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups flour
2 cups chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped bell pepper
Salt and cracked black pepper to taste
1/4 cup diced garlic
3 quarts chicken stock
2 cups sliced green onions
1 cup chopped parsley
In a two gallon stock pot, heat oil over medium high heat. Once oil is hot, add flour. Using a wire whisk, stir until roux is golden brown. Do not scorch. Should black specks appear, discard and begin again.
Add onions, celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Sauté approximately three to five minutes or until vegetables are wilted. Add smoked nutria and andouille sausage. Sauté in roux approximately fifteen minutes.
Add chicken stock, one ladle at a time, stirring constantly until all is incorporated. Bring to a rolling boil, reduce to simmer.
Cook until smoked nutria is tender, adding additional stock to retain volume of liquid. Once tender, approximately one hour, add green onions and parsley. Season to taste using salt and pepper. Cook additional five minutes and serve over cooked rice.
And then there’s this: https://www.therealreal.com/products/women/clothing/coats/loro-piana-nutria-fur-cashmere-coat-w-slash-tags?sid=pxogmz&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=shopping&cvosrc=cse.google.google&cvo_crid=151221489054
I had a pet armadillo when I was young. When I take the grandkids to feed ducks a nutria or two will come wanting food too. We throw them some. They are so ugly, but aren’t known to be aggressive.
Nutria? I remember when raising those things in your basement or garage for the fur was “IN” back around 1958 or so.
Then like a Ponzi scheme it collapsed. Then came raising earthworms, and Emus.
The rodents of unusual size? I don’t believe they exist.
Giant Invasive Rodents aka known as “democrats”.
Raising rats for food inside a Jap POW camp in WWII.
They LOVE burrowing alongside underground family vaults. I expect they are going for the “hollow” spots...
They LOVE burrowing alongside underground family vaults. I expect they are going for the “hollow” spots...
Heck, I thought the article would be about little Mexican babies digging tunnels to get in to the US.
Never mind.
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