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calimary

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11. Fascinating!

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:14 PM

Dec 17

I couldn’t imagine what they were, just glancing at the YouTube here, because the red rectangle with the white arrow in its middle was all you saw. Couldn’t tell what the woman was bending over towards.

I hope a solution was found for those critters so they didn’t all just have to be destroyed.

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Woman finds 'unwanted creatures' on her farm. Her loving response. 😪 [View all] sprinkleeninow Dec 17 OP

Awwww 💙🐾🐾 I would do the same thing. I love all animals TommieMommy Dec 17 #1

I reced and unreced it a bunch jfz9580m Dec 17 #2

Ambiguous choice to have compassion for them or to consider them in the invasive species category. sprinkleeninow Dec 17 #12

I noticed the webbed feet. It's the rat-like tail that gives them the bad reputation wolfie001 Dec 17 #3

It's their destruction of wetland ecosystems that is the problem ... Donkees Dec 17 #7

They're a heck of a lot cuter than Burmese pythons causing havoc in Everglades, but invasive species are a problem. Timeflyer Dec 17 #9

Woah! Thanks for that. wolfie001 Dec 17 #10

From the OP title, I thought T***p had shown up The Madcap Dec 17 #4

Never heard of these creatures before. I would think they are muskrats LymphocyteLover Dec 17 #5

We feed the birds and, by feeding the birds , a lot of other animals have found food on our property. HeartsCanHope Dec 17 #6

Very interesting IronLionZion Dec 17 #8

Fascinating! calimary Dec 17 #11

Always thought nutria were very cute. What a cool woman. Borogove Dec 18 #13