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Re: Today in pictures
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Originally Posted by susie123
Well today's number 3 is definitely a Magnolia stellata - a shrub/tree I have always wanted.
As for the little pests - nutria is another name for the coypu which caused a lot of problems in Norfolk and thereabouts, having been imported and farmed when fur coats were all the rage.
Many escaped and damaged the drainage works, and a concerted programme by MAFF eradicated them by 1989. However, in 2012 a 'giant rat' was killed in County Durham, with authorities suspecting that the animal was, in fact, a coypu.
You could try eating them:
Coypu meat is lean and low in cholesterol. While there have been many attempts to establish markets for coypu meat, all documented cases have generally been unsuccessful. |
The Coypu are a real problem here - and like in Norfolk escaped or were liberated from specialised farms. They breed at the speed of light, burrow into banks causing extensive damage, eat the shoots of crops and also cause quite a lot of accidents on country roads as they grow to be quite large. Farmer's here can apply for a licence to shoot them.
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