The Autumn of the Mouse

[stilltrucking]

ten four
lost in translation
Rats for me means those wharf rats in baltimore.

Exterminator good too, rodents are dangerous, I mean the diseases. Hanta virus in the droppings, even bubonic plague.

Speaking of South American rodents there is a real problem with Nutria here.

Nutria and TradeThis overpopulation resulted in the Nutria consuming most of the available vegetation in the marshes of Texas and Louisiana, causing great damage to these ...
www.american.edu/ted/NUTRIA.HTM - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

The state is trying to develope a market for nutria meat. Some of the French restaurants in town are serving it now. Rat Fricassee. Yum yum.


I guess I have rambled enough on this one Izzy.

[izeveryboyin]

it is in fact a mouse, and not a "rat/rat" I wasn't aware that there were different classifications for one's level of rattiness. Thank you for enlightening us all, Arcadia. ST, I think you're going to have to come over and pick up the grisly remains of this mouse for us then. If you've the nerves of steel, then we would be delightened to solicit them for this purpose.

--k