Another day. Another rodent at WalMart.

[proud2BlibKansan]

Woman sues Wal-Mart over nutria

11:48 AM CDT on Thursday, May 7, 2009

Janet McConnaughy / The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS - A south Louisiana woman claims in a lawsuit that a nutria known as Norman ran at her in her local Wal-Mart, scaring her into a panic attack and a foot injury that required surgery.

Employees at the Wal-Mart in Abbeville not only knew a wild animal was at large in the store, but had given it a pet name and negligently failed to warn people about it, Rebecca T. White and her husband, Randal, allege in a state court lawsuit.

Nutria are rodents with bright orange buck teeth. Weighing up to 18 pounds, they look like small beavers with rat-like tails. Would-be fur farmers in 22 states imported large numbers in the 1930s and '40s, then let them go when they proved unprofitable. They proliferated in south Louisiana, where many residents call them nutria-rats or neutral-rats.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had little comment about the lawsuit filed April 22 in state district court in Abbeville, about 130 miles west of New Orleans.

more . . . http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl050709mlnutria.183b8e2.html

[MADem]

1. Didn't someone try to breed those things for food? Mmmm, mmm, good!

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. The blog where I found this

A guy there commented that it means the meat at that WalMart was fresh off the truck.

:rofl:

[pleah]

3. That is funny.

So the lady hurt herself, but it is funny.


:rofl:

[msanthrope]

4. All I can think of is the Seinfeld episode with George and the Nutria

hat that sluffed off in the Kenny Rogers restaurant....

[stevedeshazer]

5. Little bastards are all over the place here.

Common as roaches, but less common than self-professing Republicans.

Given the choice, I'll go with the giant rats.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. They are good to eat, just check it out.

How to cook Nutria I kid you not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuXEaNdwrSs


http://www.slashfood.com/2006/06/24/nutria-the-other-white-swamp-rat/




Nutria: The other white swamp rat

Posted Jun 24th 2006 12:06PM by Nick Vagnoni
Filed under: Recipes, Food Oddities, Southern States, America, Meat
Actually, according to The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, nutria is a red meat, but it supposedly tastes like rabbit or dark meat turkey. More than a little confusing, I know. What is clear is that Louisiana has a surplus of these 20 pound South American swamp rodents, which the LDWF kindly dubs "fur bearing herbivores." As some of you may know, Louisiana has, for several years, had a campaign going to try to cut down on the population (the nutria population, that is) by convincing people to eat to eat these critters, which were originally brought in for their fur, but then escaped and wreaked havoc on the local greenery. Also known as coypu, the nutria is apparently also a host for a type of nematode that can infect human skin and cause 'nutria itch,' according to Wikipedia. Nevertheless, the LDWF has plenty of recipes for the little guys, the names of which are too good not to mention: there's Heart Healthy 'Crock-Pot' Nutria, nutria sausage, nutria chili, "Stuffed Nutria Hindquarters," and "Enola's Smothered Nutria." The site also has over 20 photos of how to butcher a nutria, but we don't need to get into that right now.

[bulloney]

8. Delete

[SoCalNative]

10. They're kinda cute

stupid lady for being afraid of a mini version of a capybara

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Is she sure it wasn't the greeter just trying to welcome her?

[bulloney]

9. The nutria is too young to be a WalMart greeter.