
than wine trinkers amongst coypus in Germany.

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I’m not sure about the lost part – but definitely a cousin. I read up on muskrats and I’ve learned that they are a neozoon in Europe and are originally native to North America. They are often mistaken for coypus here which are also a neozoon species but stemming from South America. I wasn’t sure what I had seen here until the creature smiled at me.

The orange teeth are a dead giveaway: it’s a coypu.
Our grandson showed us this pond where he knew that a nutria lived. It wasn’t shy at all.
It must have lots of fans besides me because it looked so well fed, not to say fat, that I’m sure it gets treats from many visitors to his watery abode.
Best of all, I think he liked me, too. Seeing what he brought over for me.