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Rodents the Size of St. Bernards Swarm an Exclusive Gated Community
WSJ ^
| 10 Oct 2021
| Silvina Frydlewsky
Posted on 10/10/2021 1:27:58 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The lavish villas of Nordelta have for years hosted bucolic getaways for Argentina’s wealthy, protected in an enclave where industry titans and soccer stars seek escape from the torments of city life.
Yet even an exclusive gated community can’t keep out the world’s biggest rodent.
“The problem is that their population is out of control, and people are too scared to do anything. No one wants to look like they’re opposed to nature.”
Mr. Iglesias’s lakeside garden gets a daily serving of jumbo scat ...
The big rodents, which typically live in family units of as many as 40 animals, go by different names in various countries: chigüire in Venezuela, ronsoco in Peru, poncho in Panama and carpincho in Argentina. Females can give birth to half a dozen offspring a year.
They sunbathe and graze at man-made lagoons, protected from such natural predators as jaguars and caimans, the South American alligator.
Another idea: Castrate males.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: capybara; carpincho; chigire; clickbait; poncho; ronsoco; rous
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Another idea: Castrate males.Just the rodents or are we supposed to apply that more generally?
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posted on
10/10/2021 1:53:01 PM PDT
by
x
To: Atomic Vomit
Capybara vasectomy team:
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posted on
10/10/2021 1:53:24 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: carriage_hill
Do they taste good?
5.56mm
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posted on
10/10/2021 1:53:40 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t believe they exist.
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posted on
10/10/2021 1:57:22 PM PDT
by
null and void
(As usual, the GOP was either totally unprepared for the onslaught or complicit in the tyranny)
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posted on
10/10/2021 1:58:39 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Holy crap! Nice jacket, but not $685 worth!
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:00:30 PM PDT
by
The MAGA-Deplorian
(Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
To: SaveFerris
This is a rat burger? Q. What kind of rodent do you use for hamburger?
A. "Ground" squirrel...
Highlite to read the answer, after you've guessed!
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:00:38 PM PDT
by
null and void
(As usual, the GOP was either totally unprepared for the onslaught or complicit in the tyranny)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Do they have a cask of medicinal spirits around their necks?
If they do, perhaps they are like four legged ambulances.
Trying to provide comfort to those who are aling, I mean ailing.
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:01:11 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: DUMBGRUNT
This is silly. There are very large animals in the rodent family. They are not new. They are not nuked rats. They have always existed and Alligator types as well as large cats love to snap them up. We have some as well in the US. A beaver is a rodent and they get to be 70 lbs. In the Louisiana swamps we have Nutria. They are over 20 pounds. And of course there are porcupines that are over 30 lbs. Then there are capybara which can be as large as 150 pounds. These are good eaten for Jaguars and Caiman.
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:02:27 PM PDT
by
poinq
To: null and void
—” I don’t believe they exist.”
Take a walk almost anywhere in Chicago late on a warm night.
You will see them.
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:02:49 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The locals call them Pelosi.
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:03:01 PM PDT
by
bray
(Our patience is wearing thin Joe)
To: DUMBGRUNT
To: llevrok
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:06:39 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: DUMBGRUNT
lucky they don’t cross wi a javelina
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:08:34 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:08:53 PM PDT
by
Capt. Tom
(.It's COVID 2021 - The Events, not us, are still in charge - )
To: fidelis
Catch and release out in the jungle.
on a dinner plate :)
To: blueunicorn6
—”Do they have a cask of medicinal spirits around their necks?”
If anything like the rats in Chiraq, the casks would be dry before they made they past the front porch.
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:09:47 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Princess Bride quote.
Right before he has to fight one mano a pata...
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:12:47 PM PDT
by
null and void
(As usual, the GOP was either totally unprepared for the onslaught or complicit in the tyranny)
To: poinq
--" Alligator types as well as large cats love to snap them up. "
The capybaras seem to enjoy the good life in Nordelta. They sunbathe and graze at man-made lagoons, protected from such natural predators as jaguars and caimans, the South American alligator.
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:13:28 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/10/2021 2:14:13 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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