Weighing in at 20 pounds and measuring 2 feet, 6 inches long, plus a 12-inch tail, the nutria live in or near water. They're also incredibly destructive.
“They burrow in dikes, and levees, and road beds, so they weaken infrastructure, (which is) problematic for flood control systems,” California Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Peter Tira said.
and apparently also Louisiana, and BoingBoing suggests just eat them and no problem.
and for the real question of the week: Can you eat them for Lent?
Well, you can eat Beaver and Capybara (and alligator), but I don't know about Nutria or Cuy or Nigerian rats.
lots of people have weird ideas about why no meat in Lent, but I suspect part of it is that meat was a luxury for the rich and used in parties and fietas, and fish was eaten by the poor in the early church. So the church would easily give permission for the poor to eat their usual foods.
Also in Spanish lands, they have long been allowed to be dispensed from the rule. My sons and husband were not aware of the meat free Fridays...
nowadays, of course, that "rule" no longer exists except for Good Friday and Ash Wednesday.
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