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Is Florida About to Be Swamped With Capybara?
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| August 20, 2016
| Sarah Emerson
Posted on 08/22/2016 6:54:12 AM PDT by C19fan
Capybara are real damn cute. Look at this bugger. In fact, capybara are so endearing, that some people may have been importing them to own as pets. This might explain why the 100-pound rodents, which are native to South America’s marshlands, have been showing up in places where they don’t belong. According to biologist Elizabeth Congdon, an assistant professor at Bethune-Cookman University, the state of Florida could have a serious capybara problem—and it might be the fault of exotic pet owners.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: florida; invasive; rodents
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Caybara here is Burmese python.
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posted on
08/22/2016 6:54:13 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
They are supposed to be good eating.
Caused me to jump about three feet when I was out running on O dark 30 morning in Gamboa, Panama.
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posted on
08/22/2016 6:58:12 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: C19fan
Who wouldn't want to own an ROUS?
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posted on
08/22/2016 6:58:55 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: C19fan
Just very large guniea pigs. And we all know guniea pigs are cute.
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posted on
08/22/2016 6:59:47 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: C19fan
Great. 100 pound rats. Another reason to avoid FL.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:02:22 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
To: C19fan
We used to have LOTS of Nutria around NE Florida years back. They were a real nuisance on golf courses. Out in the boonies they were fun to shoot. Maybe these things will be too. Haven’t seen any yet.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:02:27 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long .as it's mandatory.)
To: C19fan
Andrew Zimmern says they're good eatin'
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:04:41 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
To: Afterguard
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:05:24 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Cut the crap!)
To: treetopsandroofs
That’s easy. They don’t exist.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:06:25 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(Winter is coming)
To: C19fan
I recall a few being released in the 90’s in N. Florida. They were shot by some local hunters who didn’t really know what they were.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:08:54 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: C19fan
I should certainly hope so! It’s a good way to make Florida even crazier.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:10:31 AM PDT
by
oblomov
(We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
To: SpinnerWebb
Caybara verses 20 gauge....winner by unanimous decision 20 gauge.
Have not seen any of these things up in NE Florida, yet. My yard problems are possum and armadillo.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:11:37 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
To: pgkdan
Great. 100 pound rats Dems bringing in more voters for Madam Hillary Benghazi
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:14:10 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(KAINE-Voting For Hillary Will Put American Women On Par With Women In Iraq, Afghanistan = Sharia Law)
To: marktwain
Yes I heard they are delicious. FL hunters now have something new to hunt.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:15:00 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Theoria
It’s not hard to tell what they are... Nutria are also huge rats and stupid enough to wander around in the daylight making were easy picking if the cover wasn’t too think. Capybara may be more nocturnal foragers. Not sure about that though. I saw a NatGeo Wild show a while back where the Louisiana National Guard was using Guard “sniper” teams, driving around the bayous at night, shooting Capybara as part of the control strategy. Looked like fun and a good use of tax dollars.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:15:28 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long .as it's mandatory.)
To: Mouton
opossum and armadillo are problems for me in Houston.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:16:47 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(Winter is coming)
To: Mouton
“Have not seen any of these things up in NE Florida, yet. My yard problems are possum and armadillo.”
Lol! You must live in my neighborhood.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:17:49 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long .as it's mandatory.)
To: Afterguard
***LOTS of Nutria around NE Florida***
I still remember when TV shows were encouraging people to raise Nutria for their furs. It turned out to be a pyramid scheme and soon collapsed. Suddenly all the local water holes became infested with Nutria, let lose by former raisers, much like thousands of Emus were let lose when that failed.
To: Afterguard
It is a delicacy in Venezuela, probably more of a necessity down there right now. Takes like pork from what I've read.
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:18:22 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: Theoria
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posted on
08/22/2016 7:18:56 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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