After reading Mud Ranch’s blog this morning, I checked out the Sunday Stills group and thought it would be a lot of fun to join along! Each week you are presented with a different photography challenge and this week’s is ‘Animals of Husbandry’. The descripiton is –
This will be easy for most but a challenge for some of us…:-) For a real challenge how about 3 or more animals in the pic?? Or 2 or more different animals in the pic?? Have fun…Ed
While I was out enjoying the sunshine and taking pictures of lambs yesterday, I found Liberty and a nutria grazing together. Here is a close-up of the nutria…
For those of you that don’t know what a nutria is – it is a large semi-aquatic rodent that originated in South America. In the 1930’s they were imported into Louisiana for the fur farming industry. They were released either intentionally or accidentally and have spread throughout the US.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Stories from the Farm 
Wow, that’s different! I’ve never heard of a Nutria! Thanks for sharing and what an odd couple. 😉
I have never heard of one either I thought it was a beaver! Great shots love the sheep.
Welcome! I’ve never seen a nutria either. Kind of a cute little guy!
I’ve never seen a Nutria, pretty cool shot of it!
Excellent shots! Love the nutria! 🙂
Nutria sure get around, don’t they? There are some here in Roy too…but I have never seen one as close as you got to it. Lovely day today, wasn’t it?
I’ve never seen a Nutria either but it sure is cute! Kind of looks like a groundhog.
Wow great shot!!! Thanks for the nutria shot, didn’t have a clue as to what it was!!! Good job! And Welcome to the club!!!
Thank you for the lesson in nutria, never heard of one…;)
Last image is a nice detailed close-up~
Nice pics! Although I’m not sure what I think about the nutria.
I heard they were brought into Oregon by the farmers for insect control but now they have problems because the animals have no natural predators there.
Excellent shots. Wonderful detail of the nutria.
My two cattle dogs killed a nutria in my backyard of my old house. I had never seen one before then, they are huge! I saw lots of them in Lousiana hanging out with the alligators….