Tuberale
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Re: What kind of beast could it be?
Don't really look at all like beavers: no wide flat tail. They do have longer, otter-like bodies, and can be nearly 3 feet long. Really dislike 'em. Been hunting them for 20 years now, and they multiply faster than you can decimate 'em. People in the '60's and '70's imported them as fur-farmed animals. When the market for fur ended in the '80's, "farmers" started releasing them instead of euthanizing them. They dig 20-30' long underground tunnels near creeks and along ditches here in Oregon, as well as in streams and rivers. Stock animals fall in the openings of these tunnels and break legs or worse. Nutria compete with many native animals for food: often grasses and forbes.
In Oregon they are trapped, hunted, shot, and poisoned. But they continue to breed faster than they can be weeded.
Worst thing is I know of no animals that hunt them, though they'd be easy pickings for a cougar, bear, coyote, eagle or badger.
Nutrias live near water. They are rodents, and do not consume meat. But they may defend themselves with large root-shearing incisors.texastee2007 said:Nutrias live in the bank of a lake, or persons yard that meets a lake. They have a skinny tail like a rat and mess things up like peoples Styrofoam docks. They love to chew and tear and distroy. They will eat your small dog if they can catch it. They caught a chihuahua ankle biter down at the lake and took it right into the water. They do look a bit like a beaver but are not related I do not think.
Don't really look at all like beavers: no wide flat tail. They do have longer, otter-like bodies, and can be nearly 3 feet long. Really dislike 'em. Been hunting them for 20 years now, and they multiply faster than you can decimate 'em. People in the '60's and '70's imported them as fur-farmed animals. When the market for fur ended in the '80's, "farmers" started releasing them instead of euthanizing them. They dig 20-30' long underground tunnels near creeks and along ditches here in Oregon, as well as in streams and rivers. Stock animals fall in the openings of these tunnels and break legs or worse. Nutria compete with many native animals for food: often grasses and forbes.
In Oregon they are trapped, hunted, shot, and poisoned. But they continue to breed faster than they can be weeded.
Worst thing is I know of no animals that hunt them, though they'd be easy pickings for a cougar, bear, coyote, eagle or badger.