I once took a boat ride around the bayou and the guy was a trapper of nutria. He told me that they were introduced to the area around the 1930's(I think) in hopes of controlling a plant that was mistakenly introduced to the area and was now overtaking the swamp. However the nutria decided that their new environment had much better tasting food and not only didn't eat up the invasive plant but propagated at a fast pace and reeked havoc on the natural environment.
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- ken 2-26-2008 3:00 am