A nutria-hat boom is likely still a few years away in Texas. Most of the hatmakers I asked ... But they see a nutria and it just looks like a big rat.” When Gammage Torres has presented nutria ...

Texas is home to some of the creepiest ... It’s a giant, monstrous rat. Nutria need a habitat that’s water-rich, so they are most populous in the eastern half of our state and over into ...

Three years ago a Fort Worth park had a literal giant rat problem ... of the Fort Worth nutria was extermination. Nutria, also known as coypus, have appeared throughout Texas around aquatic ...

Nutria — which resemble a cross between a beaver and an over-sized rat — can grow to be two feet ... such as Louisiana and Florida. In Texas, they've made the Parks and Wildlife Department's ...

In Texas, nutria are on a “most unwanted” list. In Oregon, there’s a year-round open season on them. California is hoping the invasive species will start to rat on itself. “Rodents of ...

It's front legs are equipped with claws, perfect for easily digging underwater tunnels, its hind legs, which are in front of a rat-like ... In Texas, property owners can kill nutria on their ...

That’s despite the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recently raising the reward for each dead ‘swamp rat’ from $5 ... there’s still nutria in Texas and neighboring states.

They can be found in 40 states and all areas of Texas except for the Panhandle ... seal out the water when they are submerged. Nutria have a rat-like tail while beavers have broad flat tails.

No it’s not a beaver — it’s a giant swamp rat. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, a swarm of these swamp rats, or otherwise known as nutria, were spotted at Krauss Baker ...

The bill grants $12 million to states that have seen nutria, which are California, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Mississippi, Washington, Texas and Oregon.

When I look out now it looks like a disaster.” The nutria, also known as a swamp rat, is a semi-aquatic rodent native to South America. Courtesy Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer ...

"People call and say, 'I've got this big rat in my yard and ... (Maybe that's why nutria have two rows of nipples on their backs. Yes, it's true.) Texas has no statewide office that handles ...