Nutria • Coypu • Ragondin

[Nikkor Shooter]

… as it is known respectively in German, Spanish and French.


Feeding on roots, twigs and many other things its powerful and
orange teeth can cope with.

[Jacques Pochoy]

Used to be a calamity to some french rivers banks ! I guess their number have gone down nowadays as the good old castor is making a comeback ! Neither are much liked by farmers and other land owners (we do live in a "cramped" nature over here), but Nature preservation has made it's way through most people minds and spotting a Ragondin can be a welcome event 

[Jacques Pochoy]

I didn't know it was the same species as the Coypu and the Nutria! Thanks for the information 

[Nikkor Shooter]

Used to be a calamity to some french rivers banks ! I guess their number have gone down nowadays as the good old castor is making a comeback ! Neither are much liked by farmers and other land owners (we do live in a "cramped" nature over here), but Nature preservation has made it's way through most people minds and spotting a Ragondin can be a welcome event   

The French did what they do best: "If you can't beat'm, eat'm!!!" 


So they turned it into a gourmet dish… nothing to do with the newly
presence beaver.

[Jacques Pochoy]

LOL