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Someone may have maliciously caused a huge rodent invasion in California (www.sfgate.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by solrize@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Spoiler: Nutria.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 weeks ago

I will eat my hat if it doesn't turn out to be a conservative/Republican who's been radicalized against California by shit like Fox News

[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Footage from the movie "Hundreds of Beavers" on which we see... well, hundreds of beavers

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

It's incredibly easy to even accidentally cause an invasive animal explosion. Many invasive species stories have been caused by a few stray pets, a single crate of animals, or several of them getting loose from a zoo.

[–] TraipsersWill@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, it's Nutria. Those beaver-lookin' rodents have been a pest here in the East since the late 19th C. Some ding-dong thought to raise them for fur, the market for it never really appeared, and a lot of the buggers escaped or were let go by bankrupt nutriaherders. Someone else tried apparently to start a fur trade out West, and...