Image of Nutria

Description:

Time: 4:00PM Weather: 55 degrees Fahrenheit, overcast and slightly windy Description: brown, thick fur. Heavy and large body, long and white whiskers, tail was long, thin, and hairless. A single nutria was spotted on the marsh habitat on top of dead vegetation, grooming itself. There were other ducks and birds in the area but the nutria did not interact with them. It also did not seem to mind the presence of people on the observation pier. About 20 minutes later, the same nutria was spotted on the other side of the pier (about 15 feet away) with its young, sleeping on a nest made of straw. The nest was small, just large enough to fit the two nutria as they huddled together close to the bank. Both of them remained asleep for the remainder of our visit at the center.