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I doubt my name would carry much weight.
Mine would likely get him passed over... lol
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Cannon... nice beaver
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That's a nutria. You'd think being an OBGYN that you'd know the difference.
I came up with that after an interesting discussion on Chit-Chat about ground hogs, beavers, marmmots and of course nutria.
I came up with that after an interesting discussion on Chit-Chat about ground hogs, beavers, marmmots and of course nutria.
Why would an OB/GYN be adept at discerning between members of the rodent family? I could understand if he were looking at a "cat!"
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I know.... beaver just sounded better tho!
...we now have Nick that is < 18 so I'll stop there
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...we now have Nick that is < 18 so I'll stop there
Consider it an educational forum.
A little Nutria 101....
Nutria vs The Beaver
Nutria are known to invade and take
over Muskrat houses as well as beaver lodges, therefore, driving
these animals from their homes and forcing them to take refuge
elsewhere.
The Nutria is an aquatic, marsh dwelling animal, which was
introduced into the US from South America. The first Nutria which
were imported into the US for fur farming, occurred in 1899 (1) and
this introduction occurred in Elizabeth Lake, California, which is
located in Southern California. It was at this time when the Nutria
were realized to be extremely rapid as well as successful breeders,
and this lead to an increase in Nutria fur farms establishing
themselves in such states as Washington, Oregon, Michigan, New
Mexico, Utah, Ohio, and Louisiana. It was also at this time, when
Tabasco tycoon and millionaire, E.A. McIllhenny, imported his own
Nutria for a fur farm which he established on Avery Island in
Louisiana.(2)
By WWII, the market for Nutria pelts had crashed, and many
farmers had curiously reported that their Nutria had "escaped."
However, the rumor was that McIllhenny and the other Louisiana
farmers had released their stock of approximately 150 Nutrias into
the Louisiana Bayou. After this "escape", the Nutria, which
migrated to the more northern regions of Louisiana, had died off
due to the cold weather conditions, however, the southern Nutria,
which remained in the bayou, spread immensely, especially in the
gulf region of Louisiana and Texas. At this time, many of the human
inhabitants held the belief that the Nutria were not pests, due to
its massive effort of eating the overgrown weeds in the marshes.
However, the nutria were soon seen as the menace for which it had
become, when its feeding habits had begun to involve the sugar and
rice fields of Louisiana and Texas.
Nutria vs The Beaver
Nutria are known to invade and take
over Muskrat houses as well as beaver lodges, therefore, driving
these animals from their homes and forcing them to take refuge
elsewhere.
The Nutria is an aquatic, marsh dwelling animal, which was
introduced into the US from South America. The first Nutria which
were imported into the US for fur farming, occurred in 1899 (1) and
this introduction occurred in Elizabeth Lake, California, which is
located in Southern California. It was at this time when the Nutria
were realized to be extremely rapid as well as successful breeders,
and this lead to an increase in Nutria fur farms establishing
themselves in such states as Washington, Oregon, Michigan, New
Mexico, Utah, Ohio, and Louisiana. It was also at this time, when
Tabasco tycoon and millionaire, E.A. McIllhenny, imported his own
Nutria for a fur farm which he established on Avery Island in
Louisiana.(2)
By WWII, the market for Nutria pelts had crashed, and many
farmers had curiously reported that their Nutria had "escaped."
However, the rumor was that McIllhenny and the other Louisiana
farmers had released their stock of approximately 150 Nutrias into
the Louisiana Bayou. After this "escape", the Nutria, which
migrated to the more northern regions of Louisiana, had died off
due to the cold weather conditions, however, the southern Nutria,
which remained in the bayou, spread immensely, especially in the
gulf region of Louisiana and Texas. At this time, many of the human
inhabitants held the belief that the Nutria were not pests, due to
its massive effort of eating the overgrown weeds in the marshes.
However, the nutria were soon seen as the menace for which it had
become, when its feeding habits had begun to involve the sugar and
rice fields of Louisiana and Texas.
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A little Nutria 101....
Nutria vs The Beaver
Nutria are known to invade and take
over Muskrat houses as well as beaver lodges, therefore, driving
these animals from their homes and forcing them to take refuge
elsewhere.
The Nutria is an aquatic, .....
Thanks Cliff!
lol...
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Headed To The Hills
Well folks I'm headed out to the hills of East Tennessee for two weeks, The Smoky Mountains are my parents back yard. I hope you all will make the meeting on the 24th as Scott will go over all our typical club business and discuss all the fun we had at the Expo as well as the upcoming activities and events. We should have 3 - 4 new members I hope that will attend. I'll be checking in time to time but with the dial-up at Paw's cabin its way to slow for my liking. There will be some major wrenching going on where I'll be swapping in the drivetrain out of a 74 into my old 70 that I'm now building for my Dad. I'll post updates here to show the progress. Its a 12hr drive but I hope one day some of you can make the trip for a BSLCA trip to the mountains its really beautiful country and there is nothing better than tooling around the mountains in a cruiser. I usually hook up with my redneck buddy Brian and his extreme 76 Bronco for some wheeling at Tellico or the logging trails in his home town of Siliva, NC just over the mountain. Its alot of fun when his now 83 year old grandpa in his built 79 Toy PU comes along with us. I'll be sure to post pics. We'll be seeing you.
Heres some pics of my folks place, I bitch and hollar when I have to come home.
Well folks I'm headed out to the hills of East Tennessee for two weeks, The Smoky Mountains are my parents back yard. I hope you all will make the meeting on the 24th as Scott will go over all our typical club business and discuss all the fun we had at the Expo as well as the upcoming activities and events. We should have 3 - 4 new members I hope that will attend. I'll be checking in time to time but with the dial-up at Paw's cabin its way to slow for my liking. There will be some major wrenching going on where I'll be swapping in the drivetrain out of a 74 into my old 70 that I'm now building for my Dad. I'll post updates here to show the progress. Its a 12hr drive but I hope one day some of you can make the trip for a BSLCA trip to the mountains its really beautiful country and there is nothing better than tooling around the mountains in a cruiser. I usually hook up with my redneck buddy Brian and his extreme 76 Bronco for some wheeling at Tellico or the logging trails in his home town of Siliva, NC just over the mountain. Its alot of fun when his now 83 year old grandpa in his built 79 Toy PU comes along with us. I'll be sure to post pics. We'll be seeing you.
Heres some pics of my folks place, I bitch and hollar when I have to come home.
Few more.
Wow, looks really beautiful up there! Have a safe & fun trip!
Be careful and have fun Larry
looks awesome. how big is their property?
Thanks guys, Cole the property is somewhere around 24 acres. He's trying to buy all he can around him so they don't develop rental cabins.