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Nutria Rat

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Guest 11-May-2012 14:43
looks a little cute i guess
Guest 06-Apr-2012 22:16
looks like a muskrat
Guest 01-Apr-2012 03:05
people need to know what their talking about before jumping the gun! these beautiful creatures are not what some of making of them, they only attack if they feel threatened they wont just jump out a bush are something and grab you! they are wonderful creatures and if you respect them they will respect you! they get attached to people just like puppies. They also come to you for protection if raised by that person. Yes they are wild animals you do need to be careful but there not monsters!
Guest 04-Sep-2011 21:37
One should be very cautious around a cornered nutria, especially your pets. They are nothing to fool around with least not keep as a pet....THEY ARE WILD ANIMALS!!!
Guest 10-Mar-2011 03:04
Randall,
You're gonna get your dogs hurt. Have you noticed their teeth? They are wild and can be VERY hostile.
Randall 03-Feb-2011 01:56
I just caught a baby one and keeping it for a pet. Dog loves it.
stanley 22-Dec-2010 06:02
I viewed a pair of Nutria today on a narrow country road in East Texas near a small pond. I assume they were a breeding pair.
Guest 21-Nov-2010 18:15
they make great fur coats.
Guest 19-Jan-2010 03:30
I have been around Nutria all my life... Have hunted them to eat... I have never ever heard of one attacking anyone or any animal unless it felt threatened... I live down here in Louisiana in the Marsh...
Chance Hollingsworth 13-Mar-2009 16:34
I like the one headlined '' hide and seek".
Guest 15-Jan-2009 03:13
When I was a kid my grandfather raised nutria in Kansas. He sold the pelts and we even ate the meat. No one beleives that we ate them, but as I recall they were't bad eating. I have no idea how they were cooked, but my guess is that they were prepared similar to the way a racoon would be prepared - parboiled then baked or bar-b-qued slowly.
Guest 08-Oct-2008 15:32
We now have them in Ponca City, Ok. Can't get very close to this one.




































it's pretty jumpy.
Guest 07-May-2008 20:50
I saw an episode of Dave Atell's insomniac where cops were shooting these cat-like animals called 'nutria' in a canal. I don't think I could live in an area where these rat-dogs live. Good luck!
keisha 16-Apr-2008 05:45
these rats are pretty dangerous and carry plenty of infections, dont get close because they would feel threatend and attack you with no hesitations so people please be careful around them.
TAMIARA 16-Apr-2008 05:38
IM FROM NEW ORLEANS AND I ALWAYS SEE THEM NEAR THE CANALS AND PONDS, THEY ARE REALLY CREEPY BUT FROM A DISTANCE THEY LOOK JUST LIKE PUPPIES...LOL MY FRIEND ALMOST PETTED A NUTRIA, ONE NIGHT IN OUR APTS. THERE WAS A HUGE LAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND THEY WOULD ALWAYS BE ALONGG SIDE OF IT, IT WAS ABOUT 7 OF THEM AND BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THEY WILL CHASE YOU!
Guest 13-Apr-2008 20:33
Just saw them today for first time in The Woodlands, Texas in a small lake. They eat anything you throw i.e. bread, french fries, etc. The Woodlands is right outside of Houston and values their wooded and lake areas. If they are that harmful I am surprised someone has done something. They all come up and take food out of your hand.I am looking for more info on them.

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Kandisc 05-Dec-2007 18:57
Like the pictures.
Daniel S Lim 03-Dec-2007 18:23
Thanks Hannah, i did.
Hannah 03-Dec-2007 01:22
The pictures are so cute. Who took the pictures?
Guest 19-Nov-2007 16:06
We live in Reunion west of Madison the City in Madison County MS. Our house is on the lake. Our Pappilon was attacked by one of these Nutria at night in our backyard, although the Wildlife Aonservation Dept. says that they are not aggressive. Apparently, my dog cornered this thing. She has a very definite mark around her body in her fur which has persisted for 48 hours now. Please, be aware that these are inland in Mississippi and will damage severely a lake if not trapped or controlled.
Ann 16-Nov-2007 19:03
They are vegetarian,so they only eat grass.
Guest 31-Oct-2007 18:31
what do they eat
Ann 18-Sep-2007 16:39
Check out my book "The Tale of Nada Nutria" and plush toy nutria at www.nadanutria.com
guest 14-Mar-2007 22:04
Teaching one of my Grandsons about beavers; then remembered the Nutria rat. They have them all over this particular restraunt, (most people do not know what they are and send their small children up close to feed them)here in Jackson,Ms. Now he also got a lesson in the Nutria Rat. Thanks for the info and photo's.
Sharon 08-Dec-2006 20:21
I was walking and saw several Nutria Rats on a walking track behind my house. It is a track around the bayou. I didn't know what they were until someone else told me what is was. Thanks for sharing your photo with me. Now I can see what they look like up close. Maybe next time I will try to get a picture of one. It really scared me because it was as large as a dog.
Srini Raghu 30-Jan-2006 01:06
A whole gallery??? neat..
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