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27 mar 2023 · It's a nutria, an invasive, 2-foot-long rodent native to South America that has become a growing environmental problem. They are found near waterways throughout the Houston region.
15 lut 2024 · Nutria Deserve Their Reputation as Giant, Nasty Swamp Rats. Found in waterways across Texas, the invasive rodents destroy an estimated $1 million worth of U.S. crops per year. By Emily McCullar...
3 paź 2023 · Gerard Soury/Getty Images. Large, semi-aquatic rodents are taking over lakes in neighborhood communities in Katy. Known as nutria, or river rats, the invasive critters have long been part of the...
If you live near a body of water, you might have noticed a group of nutria roaming around. While they’ve been spotted around neighborhoods in Texas, lately nutria, also known as “river rats ...
26 wrz 2023 · Texas Parks and Recreation lists the nutria as an unwanted animal for the state. It can cause damage by burrowing which can lead to erosion, damage roads and more. Nutria also eat aquatic vegetation.
I remember there was one nutria that would peak out of the water every so often and nobody knew wtf kind of creature it was or where it came from. I visited the park again a few years back for the first time in ages, and the same pond was a tepid, almost lifeless shell of its former self.
25 sty 2022 · Nutria are large, semi-aquatic rodents resembling beavers or muskrats. They eat desirable vegetation, girdle trees, and burrow into banks and dams. The biological, reproductive, and behavioral characteristics of nutria are listed, as well as control methods.
