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Isaac Washes Up Nearly 18,000 Dead Swamp Rats On Mississippi Coast
(CBS Houston/AP) -- Crews in Mississippi are cleaning up thousands of dead swamp rats that washed ashore from Hurricane Isaac. The Sun Herald reports that an estimated 16,000 to 18,000 nutria -- semiaquatic, rat-like rodents -- ...also known as 'good eating' when times are tough... and other dead animals washed up in Hancock County after drowning in Hurricane Isaac's storm surge. A federal contractor, U.S. Environmental Services, will dump the bodies in a landfill rated to take household garbage. That's what I want: a job counting dead swamp rats when the humidity's high... "I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they're not much bigger than two meters." "Then man your ships. And may the Force be with you." Posted by: Fred 2012-09-06 |
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