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Subject: startled by a nutria Author: Dana [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:12:33 05/14/02 Tue Until an hour ago I didn't even know nutrias existed. The dog and I were heading into the yard when he suddenly came to a halt. He usually does that when the deer come through the yard, but I knew it was the wrong time of day for deer. I looked up the hill and there sat this creature that was as big as a beaver, and looked like a beaver without the beaverlike tail. It really startled me, and we must have startled it because it ran off into the woods. I had no idea what this creature was, so I did a net search of North American mammmals and found that it was a nutria. Has anyone else seen a nutria or even heard of them? I'm familiar with a lot of critters but I've never seen one of these before. ~Dana [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: startled by a nutria Author: J [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:20:50 05/14/02 Tue I've seen them in the Animal Planet channel... Where are you that you get to see deers and nutrias in the yard?

[> [> Subject: Re: startled by a nutria Author: Dana [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:47:53 05/15/02 Wed Hard to believe but I live in a midwestern suburb. There's a small nature preserve about a mile from my house, and I think most of the critters wander over from there. The north end of our property is bounded by woods so they probably seek shelter there. I guess I had better start watching Animal Planet just in case there are other mammals that have passed my radar screen. ~Dana

[> [> Subject: Re: startled by a nutria Author: Elena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:07:24 05/15/02 Wed Aww, that's a cute place to live! It'd be fun to wake up one day to find a "strange" creature around the house :)!

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: You are not the only one... Author: Elena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:21:26 05/15/02 Wed Possums are soooo cute with those big eyes!! Never saw one in real life, though :(. Poor creatures, being ran over... brrrrrr. I know 90% of the people here and everywhere will jump all over me for this, but I find it nice that you chase the rat away from your house but that you wouldn't kill it :). An anecdote. I once went out with a guy... it was not a date and yet he thought I was bedazzled by him (really... not!) and was playing the "macho" guy to impress me. We went for a walk by the rambla, which is a large street along the seaside, a very public place. Anyway, there there was the "Baywatch"-like case, where they keep the rescue boats and other materials locked... and a rat came out from there. The guy and I were sitting on a bench over the rambla, and the rat went straight to us and got under the bench when we were sitting. I saw her coming and told him: "look, a big rat" and the "machisimo" guy ;) started yelling and stepped on the bench, almost crying. I couldn't stop laughing at the scene! People asked if something was wrong: I told them it was a rat, and they all couldn't understand how that big tall guy was yelling while I was so "cool" about the rat underneath us. I don't mind if people are scared of spiders, rats or dogs. It's ok either way. But it was hilarious to find the same guy who pretended to be very wild and brave, to be screaming like that at the sight of a rat. No wonder the guy didn't brag in the way back :). That must have hurt his ego really bad.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Rawlin, J! Author: Elena [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:27:59 05/15/02 Wed I thought capybaras were other big rodents that we have, not the carpincho!!!! We call them carpinchos here, and have tons of them! Tons!!!!!!! They are sooooo lovely! Yes, their meat is delicious (so I've been told), but they are being protected from hunting here. They are famous for putting on a pityful face when they are tracked, and I heard of a lot of people who have chased them and then gave up on the hunting when seeing them with their cute face looking so desperate. There are tons in the zoo ten blocks away from home. They are adorable.