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Massive invasive rat now living on the canal.

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  • #2
    Phileas Frog
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    Murt10 wrote: »
    Like something out of your worst nightmare!


    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/invasive-rodent-spotted-along-dublin-s-royal-canal-1.383

    That's an article from 2012 which has nothing to do with rats?


  • #3
    thomasj
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    What do you mean it was updated 7 hours ago?

    Although you're right it's not a rat


  • #4
    Phileas Frog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Phileas Frog


    A 20 person poll which seems to mostly be about abortion is what I get. No rats...


  • #5
    Birdie Num Num
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    I know a friend who has spotted otters in the Royal Canal recently. Definitely otters. Not disputing this as I know they have been in the river Lee but any details on who reported the sightings.


  • #6
    odyssey06
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    There are otters along the Tolka, saw one recently, so I guess one could have made it to Royal Canal around Drumcondra, Glasnevin?

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #7
    Avatar MIA
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    This was mentioned on radio one's morning show about 20 minutes ago.

    But, it's Cork, not Dublin.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/concern-over-spread-of-rat-like-coypu-after-cork-sightings-1.3083798


  • #8
    Murt10
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    From the IT article

    “Its appearance is similar to a very large rat; it could even be mistaken for a bulky otter at first sight,” Waterways Ireland said, but unlike an otter it does not have a fur tail but a “long rat-like tail”.


  • #9
    theteal
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    Those teeth could do with a brush :eek:


  • #10
    Birdie Num Num
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    Misleading and sensational title to the thread too. It's not a Rat. It's probably an otter and possibly a Coypu.


  • #11
    dhaughton99
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    Wearing a NorthFace and riding a scrambler?


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  • #12
    dhaughton99
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    Birdie Num Num wrote: »
    Misleading and sensational title to the thread too. It's not a Rat. It's probably an otter and possibly a Coypu.

    Did you read the article?


  • #13
    Birdie Num Num
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    There are otters along the Tolka, saw one recently, so I guess one could have made it to Royal Canal around Drumcondra, Glasnevin?

    Otters have been seen swimming in the canal in Phibsborough recently.


  • #14
    highdef
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    dhaughton99 wrote: »
    Did you read the article?

    Yes, and it clearly states that the animal in question is NOT a rat. Stupid misleading title.


  • #15
    Birdie Num Num
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    dhaughton99 wrote: »
    Did you read the article?

    Yes and heard the news report on the radio.

    Correct article here btw: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/invasive-rodent-spotted-along-dublin-s-royal-canal-1.3834367


  • #16
    blueberrypie
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    I heard it on Newstalk this morning. A rodent like creature with
    "orange teeth" and up to 1 metre in length.
    They definitely said Dublin and canals.


  • #17
    Avatar MIA
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    blueberrypie wrote: »
    I heard it on Newstalk this morning. A rodent like creature with
    "orange teeth" and up to 1 metre in length.
    They definitely said Dublin and canals.

    My Bad, looks like I missed the Dublin element.


  • #18
    highdef
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    It doesn't even look that much like a rat. More like an beaver. The orange teeth is another giveaway that it's not a rat.

    Title should read more like "Beaver like animal spotted in the Royal Canal, Dublin".


  • #19
    Tabnabs
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    highdef wrote: »
    It doesn't even look that much like a rat. More like an beaver. The orange teeth is another giveaway that it's not a rat.

    Title should read more like "Beaver like animal spotted in the Royal Canal, Dublin".

    The coypu, also known as the nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent.

    It's a bloody big vegan rat, basically...

    Beavers are also rodents BTW.


  • #20
    Budawanny
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    edited.


  • #21
    super_furry
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    Offer pest control companies a €100 bounty for each dead one. Won't be too long about getting rid of them.


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  • #22
    Avatar MIA
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    super_furry wrote: »
    Offer pest control companies a €100 bounty for each dead one. Won't be too long about getting rid of them.

    Capture male
    Capture female
    Profit


  • #23
    dunnerc
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    Jasus Id fear for any jack Russell taking on one of them giant rodents.


  • #24
    highdef
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    Tabnabs wrote: »
    The coypu, also known as the nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent.

    It's a bloody big vegan rat, basically...

    Beavers are also rodents BTW.

    A coypu is a rodent. A coypu is neither a beaver nor a rat.

    A beaver is a rodent. A beaver is neither a coypu nor a rat.

    A rat is rodent. A rat is neither a coypu nor a beaver.

    All of the above are rodents but they are all different species. To say that a coypu is basically a rat is just plain inaccurate and causes confusion.


  • #25
    spurious
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    A metre long?!! :eek:
    Have they very long tails maybe?


  • #26
    The Enbalmer
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    Birdie Num Num wrote:
    Misleading and sensational title to the thread too. It's not a Rat. It's probably an otter and possibly a Coypu.

    It's not an otter.

    The people in rathbourne park have been telling each other there's otters when they're not.


  • #27
    The Enbalmer
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    highdef wrote:
    All of the above are rodents but they are all different species. To say that a coypu is basically a rat is just plain inaccurate and causes confusion.


    Regardless. You'd still jump if you found one in the shed!


  • #28
    dunnerc
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    highdef wrote: »
    A coypu is a rodent. A coypu is neither a beaver nor a rat.

    A beaver is a rodent. A beaver is neither a coypu nor a rat.

    A rat is rodent. A rat is neither a coypu nor a beaver.

    All of the above are rodents but they are all different species. To say that a coypu is basically a rat is just plain inaccurate and causes confusion.

    I hear what your saying , but when I hear rodent I think of a rat
    Just like when I hear canine I think of a dog
    Incorrect I know :D


  • #29
    Birdie Num Num
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    The Enbalmer wrote: »
    It's not an otter.

    The people in rathbourne park have been telling each other there's otters when they're not.

    But there are otters and there have been quite a few sightings of otters recently. Definitely otters. I am not saying that it wasn't a Coypu. I'm saying it was possibly a Coypu.


  • #30
    odyssey06
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    Ok, it's official. I'm declaring that we have a case of a Rodent of Unusual Size.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #31
    highdef
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    dunnerc wrote: »
    I hear what your saying , but when I hear rodent I think of a rat
    Just like when I hear canine I think of a dog
    Incorrect I know :D

    Would you not ever think of a mouse if you hear someone mention a rodent? My cat leaves dead rodents at the back door from time to time. Sometimes it's a mouse, sometimes it's a rat.


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