Five Years After Katrina, Big Alien Rodents Return

Five Years After Katrina, Big Alien Rodents Return

Publication: National Geographic News Date: August 26, 2010 View Article

Five years after Hurricane Katrina whacked down the population of the invasive, wetland-munching rodents in Louisiana, nutria have bounced back.

At the same time, some coastal marshes are rebounding too, because of a boom in Louisiana’s nutria trappers.

Tags: Coast, Hurricane, Oil, Rodent, Wetland
Posted in Animals, Natural Disasters

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