Spotted this Nutria in Crofton

CrawfishStu · Apr 26, 2013

I mean, I'm pretty sure it's a nutria.

I'm from the West Bank of New Orleans. I know what hell the state goes through trying to control damage to levees and marshland down there.

I looked it up on MD DNR and they make it sound like they pretty well have them isolated and under wraps.

I sent them an email.

Crxflippr · Apr 26, 2013

I'm pretty sure that is a muskrat. Nutria are quite a bit bigger.

Kman · Apr 26, 2013

It's hard to tell, without something of known size to put in context...but I think it's a fat muskrat.
The tail looks flat (vertically) like a muskrat and nutria have very light whiskers.

CrawfishStu · Apr 26, 2013

It was smaller than most nutria that I have seen, but I figured it to be a juvenile. Tail really looked round in person.

Wojo · Apr 26, 2013

Muskrat... Seen a few of these fat bastards around the local ponds in southern MD.

CrawfishStu · Apr 26, 2013

An adult muskrat is about 40–70 cm (16–28 in) long, almost half of that is the tail, and weighs from 0.6–2 kg (1.3–4.4 lb).

The coypu somewhat resembles a very large rat, or a beaver with a small tail. Adults are typically 5–9 kg (11–20 lb) in weight, and 40–60 cm (16–24 in) in body length, with a 30–45 cm (12–18 in) tail.

Hard to tell. It definitely looked as big as the wife's 5lb dog. Size and the fact that it seemed pretty unbotherd by me getting close to it with a kid yelling "kurl" at it, made me think juvenile. But it's not like anyone in Crofton is shooting at anything.

CrawfishStu · Apr 26, 2013

I'm going to defer to y'all's wisdom here then. I'm out of my native swamp.

teratos · Apr 26, 2013

I'm going with muskrat. Either way, I'd eat it.

Goateggs · Apr 26, 2013

That's a muskrat. Nutria, the heads are much larger in proportion to the body. They're like rodent bulldogs.

Boom Boom · Apr 26, 2013

Vince says muskrat.

janxster · Apr 26, 2013

Don't they make hats out of those?

Boom Boom · Apr 26, 2013

janxster said:
Don't they make hats out of those?

You know you want one.

BlackBart · Apr 26, 2013

Boom Boom said:
You know you want one.

Not sure if you're supposed to wear it or **** it. :confused:

Boom Boom · Apr 26, 2013

What you do with your hats is between you and your webcam. Who's gonna know? Be the "man" you always wanted to be. :brows:

hairba111 · Apr 27, 2013

Used to be that muskrat pelts were fairly valuable. The creek that was near my old homestead in NC was full of them. Traps were set for them all along it.

BlackBart · Apr 27, 2013

Boom Boom said:
What you do with your hats is between you and your webcam. Who's gonna know? Be the "man" you always wanted to be.

Do they have a electric heated model and does it come in red?

joppaj · Apr 27, 2013

Ed Shell would be able to trap it like a ninja either way.

TOWcritter · Apr 27, 2013

Muskrat...good eating! You can still get them (if you order early) around Xmas from Lexington Market. Yum...

dfens42 · Apr 27, 2013

I'd say muskrat too. Seen beaver out further west of here in MD though. And lot's more in WV, up Canaan way.

Mr H · Apr 28, 2013

FTR...

We DID see a Nutria today...

But, then, we were out at Blackwater NWR.

Spotted this Nutria in Crofton

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