Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Said the resident of Rat City :D
Said the resident of Rat City :D
Water rodents invade Seattle's Lake Washington

09:17 AM PDT on Friday, April 14, 2006
Associated Press
SEATTLE - A water-loving rodent that's already a pest in southwest Washington near Vancouver and the Skagit Valley has shown up in Seattle.
A trapper has caught nine nutria along the shores of Lake Washington. Two University of Washington students also are studying the invaders to help determine where they might go next.
Nutria are smaller than beaver and cause problems by digging through dikes and levies.
A new state Invasive Species Council will come up with a plan for controlling nutria and other non-native pests.
Also called South American swamp rats, nutria were brought to North America for their fur. But without natural predators like alligators and caiman, nutria have spread to 15 states.
The bucktoothed rodents eat a quarter of their weight a day, destroying wetlands.
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