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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
41
posted on
10/10/2021 2:14:20 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: Chode
—”lucky they don’t cross wi a javelina”
I heard they have crossed an abalone with a crocodile and got a...
CROCK-O-BALONEY!!!
42
posted on
10/10/2021 2:16:53 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I could see them causing some people to move, but for them to also get castrated seems an overreaction.
To: DUMBGRUNT
Do I have to take the vaccine?, lol.
Mrs AV
44
posted on
10/10/2021 2:21:01 PM PDT
by
Atomic Vomit
(http://www.cafepress.com/aroostookbeauty/358829)
To: Capt. Tom
Florida man needs to get on the stick!
With all the nice beaches, pretty young ladies, cold beer...
The place will revert to a primal swamp!
Pythons and iguanas and capybaras ...OHMY!
45
posted on
10/10/2021 2:23:57 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Have you ever tried to keep a Puma or a Jaguar out of somewhere with food. We had a Puma in downtown Chicago who walked in from the Rockies. Its just a matter of time until something gets in there.
46
posted on
10/10/2021 2:26:16 PM PDT
by
poinq
To: blueunicorn6
And that is why I stay away from the city just 50 klicks to my east.
And they are on the move out here in DuPage County!
Once upon a time a safe bastion of Conservatism.
47
posted on
10/10/2021 2:29:18 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: DUMBGRUNT
48
posted on
10/10/2021 2:29:21 PM PDT
by
clearcarbon
(Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
49
posted on
10/10/2021 2:30:34 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: 9YearLurker
—” but for them to also get castrated seems an overreaction”
Don’t cry for me, Argentina
The truth is
I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don’t keep your distance...
50
posted on
10/10/2021 2:33:15 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: null and void
51
posted on
10/10/2021 2:33:46 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: poinq
Nutria etouffee. Thanks for making me hungry.
52
posted on
10/10/2021 2:34:24 PM PDT
by
phoneman08
(qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncmccRthym,.dadfjl,dz )
To: DUMBGRUNT
53
posted on
10/10/2021 2:43:13 PM PDT
by
cpt_dave
To: cpt_dave
I’m no expert, but I don’t think he’s going to be Best In Class for Saint Bernards at Westminster.
54
posted on
10/10/2021 2:46:02 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: Capt. Tom
I’m sure the Burmese Pythons that shouldn’t be there either will welcome them.
55
posted on
10/10/2021 2:47:43 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: DUMBGRUNT
56
posted on
10/10/2021 2:47:50 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: DUMBGRUNT
57
posted on
10/10/2021 2:48:14 PM PDT
by
sitetest
(Professional patient. No longer mostly dead. Again. It's getting to be a habit.)
To: cpt_dave
a pic of a nancy pelosi in her natural habitat?...
58
posted on
10/10/2021 2:52:12 PM PDT
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: DUMBGRUNT
59
posted on
10/10/2021 2:56:09 PM PDT
by
TChad
(The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I thought that they were talking about the Louisiana State Rodent- nutria.
60
posted on
10/10/2021 2:59:21 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(The Satanic Trinity- Obama, Soros and the Chinese Communist Party. )
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