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Nutria Among Aquatic Plants
Photo: A nutria among aquatic plants
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Nutrias are web-footed, aquatic rodents originally from South America. They are voracious eaters of aquatic plants and sometimes feast upon nearby farm fare.
Photograph by Robert Caputo
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