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The Meaning of Food

Gonna Eat That?

Nutria

File this one under “If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em.” The nutria is a large semi-aquatic rodent that is indigenous to South America and was imported into Louisiana for the fur industry. Over decades the critters extensively damaged the state’s coastal wetlands, so officials decided to promote nutria as a cheap and readily available food source.

Nutria