The New Yorker -
28 Mar 2014 03:01

Nutria, the furry rodents with ratlike tails and two bright-orange front teeth, reproduce at astounding rates. In Louisiana, they have consumed acres of native flora and exposed broad swaths of marsh to erosion by tides and storms. In recent years, the state government, looking to reduce the population of feral nutria, has decided that it wants people to kill them, and has placed a bounty on their tails as encouragement. That has raised the question of what to do with their bodies. One idea is t...
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