The Giant Rodents Eating Louisiana’s Coast

In 2010, AN explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig made an oil-soaked pelican the prevailing symbol of the precarious relationship between industry and the environment on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. But long before the rig pumped 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico — and still today — the people of southern Louisiana have had           another such symbol: Large, invasive, semi-aquatic rodents called nutria, which have been chewing up the marshes for decades.  https://undark.org/article/the-giant-rodents-eating-louisianas-coast/

Article courtesy of UNDARK truth, beauty, science by Nick Chrastil