Harlequin ladybirds

[frogwoman]

fucks sake

 

[Wolveryeti]

He added: "It's certainly one of the most damaging invasive species Britain has ever had, right up there with the coypu, the grey squirrel and the mink."

What the fuck is a coypu and why haven't I seen one yet

 

[frogwoman]

a giant south american rodent. Didnt know a thing about them being invasive though

 

[frogwoman]

I just saw one like this! I've never seen one before. but you don't say whether it is a goody or a baddy.. should I have killed it?

NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo dont kill it. (and i mean this seriously).

god will punish you if you do.

 

[Louloubelle]

What the fuck is a coypu and why haven't I seen one yet

When I was a littlun my dad had an allotment and we used to go with him in some Sundays to help out.

One time he was trying to move a half full barrel of water next to his shed and as he was moving it there was this horrible screaming sound.

We looked down and there was what looked like a massive rat with a hairy, segmented tail. It was half crushed by the barrel.

Turned out that it was a coypu, probably escaped from either Whipsnade Zoo or Woburn Wild Animal Kingdom, both of which were nearby.

We used to regularly see muntjac deer and wallabies in the local fields and I once saw a very small deer, either a muntjac or a dik dik walking down my street.

Coypu are also called nutria and they make nice fur things out of them in Canada, where they are a pest

 

[frogwoman]

Oh we found a parasitised harlequin ladybird on our living room light ... do you reckon i should report it??