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The Nutria Diet: What Do Nutrias Eat and How Do They Impact the Environment?

The Nutria Diet: What Do Nutrias Eat and How Do They Impact the Environment?

Nutrias mainly eat plants and vegetation, like cordgrasses and bulrushes. They also eat insects, mussels, and crustaceans sometimes. This diet helps them grow fast and have many babies, as their young can eat right after birth. The damage nutrias do to the environment is huge. They eat a lot and burrow into the ground, destroying […]