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Invasive 20-pound rodents continue to spread in the Bay Area

by NoRagrets on 10/3/24, 1:14 AM with 15 comments

  • by h-c-c on 10/6/24, 12:54 AM

    Everyone knows that if you encounter an R.O.U.S, You're supposed to retreat into the fire swamp.
  • by starkparker on 10/6/24, 12:44 AM

    Every Louisianian reading this is laughing and screaming at the same time
  • by Grosvenor on 10/3/24, 1:52 AM

    They should open up trapping season on them. Apparently their fur is used in fashion.

    I could use a new winter hat.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutria_fur

  • by rurban on 10/6/24, 5:48 AM

    They need to train dogs (very easy) to sniff them out. Man usually cannot detect them. This is how it's done in Germany, which has the very same problem when a lot got out of Danish farms.
  • by chiefalchemist on 10/3/24, 1:21 AM

    I read / skimmed twice but didn't see, this invasive species is native of where?
  • by dmitrygr on 10/6/24, 12:06 AM

    Sadly not capybaras
  • by FooBarBizBazz on 10/6/24, 3:48 AM

    I don't understand how "invasive species" is a coherent concept. Ok, so they're not originally from the area. Who is?
  • by ibash on 10/6/24, 2:27 AM

    s/Nutria/People/g