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Whene was the nutria rat first spotted.
The nutria rat is invading Louisiana and it came from South America 1937. -
Lost Land
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge has lost about 7,000 acres of marsh by nutria, since 1938. -
Population Explotion
The population of the nutria rat has been estimated to have grown from 250 in 1968 to 35,000-50,000 at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland today.