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I think this would be a great time to use explosives to clear up the beach. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | September 05, 2012 at 03:19 PM
Free bait! Woo hoo!
Posted by: padraig | September 05, 2012 at 03:23 PM
It looks like spring break came early this year.
Posted by: Vampire Penguin | September 05, 2012 at 03:24 PM
I saw them open for Meat Loaf.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 05, 2012 at 03:28 PM
Somehow I knew Lousiana was going to get blamed for this
Posted by: wingnut | September 05, 2012 at 03:30 PM
On the Jersey shore kids collect them like shells.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 05, 2012 at 03:41 PM
Well they are not really rats but rather nutrias. Kind of like a small beaver (snicker). They are popular in South America as a fur source. I know as my ex (long time ago) insisted on me getting her a nutria jacket. I should have went with rat instead....
Posted by: WVplantman | September 05, 2012 at 03:50 PM
Their meat is also supposed to also be very nutriacious...
Posted by: DrPat | September 05, 2012 at 04:56 PM
They're also big & hostile. We have cute little muskrats up here.
They're probably the animal described in my favorite story about the Catholic Church. Rumor has it the Church was making headway converting rural southern folk until the business about not eating meat on Fridays came up. The locals were not happy about going a whole day without eating filet de swamp rat. Supposedly the local missionaries got a ruling from on high that, because the critters spent most of their lives in the water, they would be declared fish for Friday dining purposes.
And so St. Bubba of Talladega got his first shrine.
Posted by: padraig | September 05, 2012 at 05:22 PM
Apparently they have no friends at all. Since they are an invasive species, they are also touted as "eco-friendly" fur. Even the tree huggers want them dead. If we could just make nutria lined python leather boots and jackets the next big fashion thing, we would solve two problems.
Posted by: WVplantman | September 05, 2012 at 05:36 PM
Tastes like chicken.
Posted by: Jan in Grimsby | September 05, 2012 at 05:55 PM
I really like sea turtles. But one wound up on our beach one fine day, minus his head. (I don't even want to speculate).
The body was left there until it could be picked up for research. And left there. And left there.
That picture of the rats brought back an olfactory memory that I'd be glad to be rid of.
Posted by: Steve | September 05, 2012 at 06:42 PM
Those are Coypu. They are huge, viscous, and have orange teeth.
Posted by: Elon | September 05, 2012 at 08:09 PM
Why does that picture make me think of the morning after a Frat party?
Posted by: Wolfsong | September 05, 2012 at 08:39 PM
Elon: so coypu have a thick, sticky consistency?
Posted by: Dmentd | September 06, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Elon: Would the holy hand grenade help?
Posted by: markhh | September 06, 2012 at 12:45 PM
D: That's Koi poo.
Posted by: mazar larry | September 06, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Hurricane Force Rats - the next Expendables installment.
Posted by: Loudmouth | September 06, 2012 at 05:49 PM
"Hurricane Force" was a bad Clint Eastwood movie, if that isn't redundant.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | September 06, 2012 at 10:29 PM