tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21495564.post3187957305078228527..comments2022-03-30T06:08:52.958+09:00Comments on Life in the Land of Wa: Rodents of Unusual SizeLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02533564474612535779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21495564.post-84662209122156283702012-01-29T05:51:32.841+09:002012-01-29T05:51:32.841+09:00The guys in O Brother Where Art Thou ate gopher on...The guys in O Brother Where Art Thou ate gopher on a stick and seemed to enjoy it.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920408153640574206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21495564.post-50952895841976312092012-01-28T08:38:24.058+09:002012-01-28T08:38:24.058+09:00never tasted beaver and will not even venture ther...never tasted beaver and will not even venture there!!!<br /><br />wish I have your sense of adventure when it comes to food...or maybe not..ehehehCherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21495564.post-50534176936420588382012-01-26T10:35:19.130+09:002012-01-26T10:35:19.130+09:00No, I think the nutria will be pretty safe from us...No, I think the nutria will be pretty safe from us :) I have no idea what the laws are regarding hunting here, and I am pretty sure that owning any sort of largish weapon is off limits to foreigners. I know they eat them in China and Korea, but I couldn't find any info about whether they do in Japan. <br /><br />I have heard many people say that eating them would be the same as eating rats, but I can't agree. Even though they are related to rats, I don't think it is fair to consider them disgusting and dirty. Rats have a bad reputation because they are disease carrying vermin who live in our sewers and houses, chewing on our things, pooping, and spreading sickness. The nutria never enters human habitation and does not carry many diseases. It is more like a beaver or an otter if you think of it that way, and in many ways healthier than eating pigs and chickens that live in filthy barns and are fed medications. Also, they are much more closely related to the beaver than they are to the rat, and beaver is pretty tasty (^v^)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533564474612535779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21495564.post-16109163727682004902012-01-26T05:25:24.753+09:002012-01-26T05:25:24.753+09:00ooh,are you guys planning to try your hands on sho...ooh,are you guys planning to try your hands on shooting/capturing them?<br /><br />I cannot fathom comsuming the meat..they are in a way rats aren't they?Cherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21495564.post-75654259654095459682012-01-25T12:28:01.521+09:002012-01-25T12:28:01.521+09:00Nutria are like the famous gibnut of Belize -- goo...Nutria are like the famous gibnut of Belize -- good eating.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920408153640574206noreply@blogger.com