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2012-09-06 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Isaac Washes Up Nearly 18,000 Dead Swamp Rats On Mississippi Coast

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Posted by Fred 2012-09-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Nutria are good eating? Ugh, no. Otherwise they wouldn't be a problem. They're an invasive species from South America. Good to hear thousands of them died in a hurricane.

Posted by gromky 2012-09-06 03:25|| 2012-09-06 03:25|| Front Page Top

#2 18,000 votes the Dems won't get.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-06 06:47|| 2012-09-06 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 You forget, the dead do vote, surprisingly a straight Donk ticket.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-09-06 08:11|| 2012-09-06 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 I didn't think that Isaac got up to Charlotte.

Posted by AlanC 2012-09-06 08:19|| 2012-09-06 08:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Gromky, nutria can be pretty good eating. There have been cooking contests here in New Orleans with some noted chefs included - all part of a PR campaign - and tasters approved, but the prejudice against eating something that looked like a big rat and was called a rat just couldn't be overcome.

Posted by Glenmore 2012-09-06 08:54|| 2012-09-06 08:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Are they registered to vote?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-09-06 09:30|| 2012-09-06 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 They were introduced precisely BECAUSE they were "good eatin'". Unfortunately, their ability to reproduce outstripped the capacity of people and gators to eat them.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2012-09-06 11:50|| 2012-09-06 11:50|| Front Page Top

#8 A drop in the bucket, considering the stateside population is estimated at 20m.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-09-06 19:10|| 2012-09-06 19:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Waiting for the off shore oil rigs that aren't drilling to be blamed by the tree, uh, rat huggers, in some kind of bizarre way.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2012-09-06 23:03|| 2012-09-06 23:03|| Front Page Top

#10 They weren't introduced for eating, they were introduced for fur. Then they got loose and started destroying the swamps.

Posted by gromky 2012-09-06 23:25|| 2012-09-06 23:25|| Front Page Top

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