Adult nutria are about two feet long and have a long, rat-like tail that can reach up to 18 inches long. They have long white whiskers, white muzzles, and dark yellow Austin Powers-like teeth.

Adult nutria are about two feet long and have a long, rat-like tail that can reach up to 18 inches long. They have long white whiskers, white muzzles, and dark yellow Austin Powers-like teeth. They ...

Now the problem is so bad, that state, and others, too, offer all kinds of recipes for eating nutria. Yes, they are edible, since they are an herbivore. And yes, I have eaten them before.

Nutria resemble beavers, but are smaller and have tails resembling those of rats Image: imageBROKER/picture alliance I nstead of the beaver's flat, paddle-like tail, the nutria's rear appendage is ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is urging Americans to eat certain invasive species, including animals similar to giant rats and wild pigs. In a Facebook post, the agency encouraged people to ...

Fried, grilled or turned into tacos, these invasive species are “surprisingly tasty” and Americans are urged to help control them one bite at a time.

EDIRNE, TURKIYE - FEBRUARY 08: A nutria, also known as coypus or swamp rats, is seen in the bushes in Edirne, Turkiye on February 08, 2025.

Wildlife Solution to control growing rat-like rodent population may be to eat them, government says: ‘Save a Swamp, Sauté a Nutria’ By Caitlin McCormack Published March 4, 2025, 10:57 p.m. ET ...

But for those plagued by the nutria, a rat-like species terrorising marshland in America, you should just eat them to control their population, said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Feb. 20.