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Made me think of the old neighborhoods connection, to the Beverly Hillbillies. The world is just too dxxn small.She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.Comment
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Is nutria the same thing as muskrat? If so, when I was little in north Tenn. my uncle would trap those as well as minks and other things for the pelts. I did manage to learn how to tan hides back then. A skill I never found the need to use after that.LeeComment
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According to wikipedia, the muskrat and nutria are very similar in appearance and behavior. The muskrat has a slightly flattened tail, the nutria's tail looks just like a rat's tail. The nutria is really kind of cute when it's in the water. But when it crawls onto the bank it will give you the heebie jeebies if you have any kind of fear of rats.
The muskrat can survive and thrive in much lower temperatures than nutria, which is why the nutria are confined to southern states.
The nutria is quite a pest, it breeds almost as fast as rats and mice, and they make very destructive holes in river banks and levees. The levees in South Louisiana can be significantly weakened by their burrows and it is a genuine cause for concern by the Corps of Engineers.- Chris.Comment
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Nutria parmesan! mmmmmmmmmmmmm
NOT!You don't need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice.Comment
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I've heard that they are very closely related. In the samples of skins I've seen nutria is very pale, cream to dirty white and muskrat is very gray to dark gray. However I've only ever seen very limited samples of nutria. Other than color there was / is no difference that I could see.Donate to my Tour de Cure
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I never saw one in the wild (read my back yard) that was as light colored as you described. The ones I saw were a light to medium brown. Of course, I never saw one that wasn't wet, either, so it could be once their fur dries it gets lighter in color.- Chris.Comment
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