Chucky Mama Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 OMG this photo of a rat caught in Co Durham fills me with horror. If I saw this in my garden I would die on the spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 That's huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Oh my word! The stuff of nightmares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gem_xxx Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Wow! Where did you find that picture? Had to show my husband who though my (pet fancy) rats were big.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Good grief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Hope it doesn't have any friends . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Wow! Where did you find that picture? Had to show my husband who though my (pet fancy) rats were big.. Click Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superkitty Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Ah, it's a coypu! There used to be a big problem with those on the norfolk broads - when I was little, we had a white van that was an ex-Coypu Patrol van - they used to have to cull them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Wow! I thought my Rinny (who is a little on the fat side ) was big! That thing is HUGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasperaliceuk Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I was just thinking surely that's a Coypu!! Quite relieved now. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I'm slightly relieved it's not a normal rat - still wouldn't want to find one in my garden, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Either way I am staying well away from Co Durham now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Yuk! Used to see Coypu on the Broads a lot when we were younger - they can be quite big. From what I can see of the snout, it looks blunter and more Coypu-like. Sadly, they are just as destructive as rats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubababe Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Nope. Definitely don't want that or it's buddies in my garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 When I first saw it, it looked more beaverish to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 There's a discussion about this on the NFRS forum too. The general concensus is that it's a coypu. I just don't like how the poor thing met its end - it's been mentioned that he's now being spoken to by the police because he battered it to death with a piece of wood, but I don't know how true that is. It was apparently printed in one of the local papers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 He'd have had to be pretty fast to do that; I remember my grandad 'shovelling' a rat which came up out of the stream on their land and went for him when he tried to kick it away, they move like lightening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
