Gail(the first one)LOL for
“So, Nutria is another name for Water Rat? Must have a good PR firm.”

@Needapuppy- Thanks for sharing the baby bassets with the world!

My strongest impression of nutria come from Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern….. =X

I bet there are a lot of tail-less Nutria in those woods and swamps. I’m just sayin’.

I like the orange teeth!
I like the water critters. Hey, I’m a softee. Just somone else can take the snakies, thankyouverymuch.

“Have a good day at the plant!”

… you get it? Plant? Simpsons: 1, Captions: 0…

we don’t have nutria around here. Its nice to see something different and learn something new.

I am amused to see so many Louisiana folks chiming in here. Nutria are such a terrible pest down this-a-way that the state actually pays hunters to exterminate them for $5 a tail… but that’s because they eat-to-death our wetlands, home to much cuter critters like otters, duckies, and gators.

I’m going to chime in with the others and say that I never thought I’d see a nutria on cuteoverload. I’m okay with most rodents (my dad had a pet rat that I adored) but nutria are disgusting. They carry dangerous and yucky parasites, and they’ve become so prolific along the gulf coast (they are non-native to the US) that they are damaging local ecosystems. In short, they make me shudder. Blech.

@estalla’s story:
ugh. hunters are at the top of my list. disgusting creatures, hunters. i wish hunters would be hunted
snorgling animals. Ai! the loveliness, the sweetitude.

I luuuuuv giant ratties! ^_^