Very strange large animal track 'does anyone know what it is?'
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Ok but these prints are showing 4 toes so far as i can see.
The creature went over the top of the drain , not in the pipe, as there is prints on top.
The creature went over the top of the drain , not in the pipe, as there is prints on top.
Ok but these prints are showing 4 toes so far as i can see.
The creature went over the top of the drain , not in the pipe, as there is prints on top.
Looks like five toes on the right hind foot to me. The fifth is near your friends thumbnail, where the animal has stepped on a blade of grass.
I have actually been nose to nose with a coypu, when I had the bright idea of laying on my belly and sticking my head in a big hole near our lake, to find a guinea-pig looking creature looking straight back at me , Surprisenly he was not frighten or shocked ( I was probably more) so I took the opportunity a study him, 'as stated' he had 5 toes but even though he was a big guy his feet were quite small compered to he's bulky body.
The french eat them you know, turn they into meat spreads. Not tried it myself , closest i got was skinning a road kill , tanned its soft fur , to put on my hand spun, hand knit long jumper/coat.
The french eat them you know, turn they into meat spreads.
Not tried it myself , closest i got was skinning a road kill , tanned its soft fur , to put on my hand spun, hand knit long jumper/coat.
The french eat them you know, turn they into meat spreads.
The French will eat anything and everything, I know, I was born there
My father had a friend who worked for a company making, among other things, pates. All their factories were situated near graveyards....
Never having heard of a coypu, I looked it up and apparently a coypu and a nutria are the same thing. Probably what it is, although I've never seen one. They do look like beaver tracks, but the webbing is missing. Assuming our beavers are the same as yours?
Check the tail drag...its not a beaver, not a bird, not a deer, not a racoon...
http://dirttime.ws/Notebook/Nutria.htm
I have read that the French were big farmers of Nutria (and yes a Coypu is the same thing - Myocastor coypus) for their pelts...and food to a lesser extent.
Nutria are not usually that big, but they do get up there if they are not bothered by predators (man being the biggest)
EarthPeace - any chance in a conclusion? can you talk your friend into staking out a pile of carrots or something to get an answer?
http://dirttime.ws/Notebook/Nutria.htm
I have read that the French were big farmers of Nutria (and yes a Coypu is the same thing - Myocastor coypus) for their pelts...and food to a lesser extent.
Nutria are not usually that big, but they do get up there if they are not bothered by predators (man being the biggest)
EarthPeace - any chance in a conclusion? can you talk your friend into staking out a pile of carrots or something to get an answer?
Mmmm yes i think everyone's right, must be a very fat happy coypu. I'll have to see if we can find a large 'live trap' to put down.
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