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u/Impressive-Oil-3067 8d ago

It's not a rat but it's a rodent, it's a nutria.

They're more related to capybaras and guinea pig than rats and they live in my area.

Btw, this one is albino.

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u/Electrical-Review180 8d ago

My aunt used to raise them as livestock. In the southern Americans they eat guenia pigs. Guess it's pretty similar. Sadly l have eaten neither

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u/Trademarkd 8d ago

can you tell me if they die in like 3 years like normal rats? And do they have the intelligence of rats?

The most tragic thing about having rats as pets is their lifespan.

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u/Impressive-Oil-3067 7d ago

I've seen a few people on Instagram that have them as pets and they seem to respond to some basic commands.

They live for 6-10 years.

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u/Trademarkd 7d ago

regular rats can be taught like all sorts of circus tricks, they can be liter box trained, you can teach them to take a bath and stuff its crazy.

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u/Theron3206 7d ago

Google suggests 10 years in captivity.

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u/Impressive-Oil-3067 8d ago

Only Peruvians eat guinea pigs but yes, they are related, though these ones are aquatic.

I don't know if these are edible, I know beavers in Tierra del Fuego aren't In Argentina we dont eat either (at least that I know of) though viscachas are eaten in the northwest of the country.

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u/Alternative-Crew-880 7d ago

They eat guinea pigs in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Columbia also. I know someone who went to Ecuador and ate some.

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u/Impressive-Oil-3067 7d ago edited 7d ago

Good to know, I guess Peru is the most famous about it, because it's a running joke in latinoamerican social media that Peruvians eat them.

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u/Alternative-Crew-880 7d ago

I'm guessing it's a social class thing. My friend was over there to help out building a well for a poor village out in the sticks. They basically lived in shacks with dirt floors while she was out there.

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u/lauvan26 7d ago

I ate that at a fancy restaurant in Peru in Cuzco and I ate it in a Quechua speaking mountain village in Ecuador.

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u/Electrical-Review180 8d ago

I had to look up Viscachas, they are so cute.

Afaik beavers aren't tasty but they are a protected species in Europe anyways. Since they seem to be invasive at yours, maybe you should try it lol

Do you know why only guinea pigs are only being eaten in Peru? Are there only native to there?

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u/MissingLink101 7d ago

Just had to look them up too. Why do they all look either tired or sad?

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u/Electrical-Review180 7d ago

They kinda do huh

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u/MissingLink101 7d ago

They all look like they've lived a hard life

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u/Impressive-Oil-3067 7d ago

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u/MissingLink101 7d ago

It just looks like it's waiting for a bird of prey to put it out of its misery

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u/Impressive-Oil-3067 7d ago

We can all relate to that sometimes.

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u/Luigi_Boy_96 7d ago

I first (mis-)read it as that the rodents eat guniea pig. 😂

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u/AdvisorLatter5312 8d ago

We eat them here in France, it's an invasive specy. Pathé, rillettes or daube, those are the common dish we made with it

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u/Ecast25 8d ago

Are you saying the nutria is nutritious??

Ok, I'll see myself out of here.

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u/Careful-Wash 8d ago

I mean there is an episode of uncharted where Gordon Ramsay eats nutria. He didn’t seem to hate it.

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u/No-Mess-1169 8d ago

thanks for clearing because I have seen rats and I was thinking what type of rat this is

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u/featherw0lf 8d ago

I was just thinking that its face reminded me of a capybara.

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u/CreepBasementDweller 7d ago

Albino, but no red eyes? 👀 how come? 🔴🔴

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u/Mainbutter 7d ago

The word is "leucistic" then

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u/QuokkaOfDeath 7d ago

It could have Leucism. It's a similar lack/failure of pigment cells but without the red/pink eyes. I didn't know what a nutria was exactly and haven't checked still

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u/Embarrassed_Ad_9747 8d ago

Nutria

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u/TOJAB66 8d ago

fr, since when have rats webbed feet

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit 8d ago

The pokemon raticate has webbed feet for some reason. And since I've never went outside that's what a true rat is

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u/RugerBooger69 8d ago

It can also learn ice beam, thunderbolt, hyper beam, and shadow ball.

It's a giant rat that can shoot laser beams of pure coldness, electricity, pure energy, and death

You can't even escape from it in the water thanks to its webbed feet. It will eraticate you.

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u/eugene20 8d ago

Eraticate, nice.

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u/Oggie_Doggie 8d ago

I'm pretty sure Japan has invasive nutria, so it wouldn't surprise me that the creator of Pokemon was somewhat inspired by them.

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u/VoidTwinkle 8d ago

Since when did rats not look like rats?

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u/FamousSquash 8d ago

Yep. We have those in France as an invasive species. Currently there's a white one hanging around the wetlands next to my town.

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u/EasyFooted 8d ago

We have them in Louisiana (the nutria, not the French. No wait, actually....)

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u/z-vap 8d ago

lol also an invasive species /s

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u/Blitz100 8d ago

Lol we have them here in Oregon too however many thousands of miles away. Also invasive here, the local government encourages people to shoot them on sight.

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u/pietoast 8d ago

If you have them but they're many thousands of miles away, I don't think you actually have them

/s

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u/ioanus_ 8d ago

Never saw a white one ♥️ so cute

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u/dkysh 8d ago

Coypu, for any confused Spanish speaker.

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u/According_Nail_2758 8d ago

We call them nutrias too, although coipo is the name we've been using more recently.

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u/dkysh 8d ago

The naming seems to be a hot mess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutria#Etymology

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u/IndependenceBig3178 8d ago

No way that's a rat. That thing has a mortgage and pays taxes.

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u/Western_Echo2522 8d ago

That thing could run for public office

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u/Captain_Gordito 8d ago

It wants to rule Long Island as a tough but fair monarch.

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u/S4l4m4nd4 8d ago

He ain't a New Yorkian so he ain't ruling there

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u/TacoTimeT-Rex 8d ago

Looks more like a nutria

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u/Akagraffe 8d ago

It's not a rat, it's definitely a rodent, but it's a coypu. Albino (or rather, just leucystic)

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u/Motor_in_Spirit79 8d ago

Looks like it’s the size of a rabbit

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u/Macackers 8d ago

Looks like a cross between a rat and a capybara.

A capybarat.

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u/kkkr94 8d ago

Nutria

https://giphy.com/gifs/SB78ocqaQaZl6zcTUP

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u/gigayoink 8d ago

Pusheen' a boulder for eternity

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u/gotalife0100 8d ago

It is nutria

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u/Acrobatic-Jelly3658 8d ago

It's a cross between Elon Musk and a rat.

A muskrat.

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u/No_Pack393 8d ago

A cross between Musk and a rat would simply be a rat.

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u/Dear_Diablo 8d ago

the creature in the video above is far too cute to be even remotely comparable to eLON mUSk … and honestly? how dare you! apologize right now! /s

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u/aminervia 8d ago

Rats and capybaras are just two different species of rodent, this is a third so it makes sense they all look similar

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 8d ago

He looks like a Boris to me

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u/2Wieners_1Bun 8d ago

Nonsense Boris is a spider.

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u/Zintho9 8d ago

Or a cross of a rat and Ron Perlman.

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u/Confident-Ask-601 8d ago

Is this the intermediate stage between Mutant Ninja Rat?

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u/KendrickMaynard 8d ago

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u/RugerBooger69 8d ago

Taught us not to rush to violence

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u/KendrickMaynard 8d ago

"But our master(Master Splinterrrrrr) AIN'T HERE DUDE!"

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u/Schnugg1 8d ago

BOBR KURWA! 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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u/OblivionArts 8d ago

If it wasnt for the tail i would assumed this was a capybara looking at its head shape

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u/pafrac 8d ago

It's a coypu. So from the same neck of the woods.

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u/Spazza42 8d ago

When a rat gets so big it just gives pure Capybara vibes
https://giphy.com/gifs/lmeDPtQLlcTaaKVwsC

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u/MahaliAudran 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's a nutria, not a rat. That really explains the capybara vibes

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u/humburga 8d ago

If it wasn't for the tail I thought it was an albino beaver

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u/BolleHenk666 8d ago

Its pretty clear from the shape of the nose that this isn't a rat.

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u/BlueFalcon142 8d ago

Yuh. Albino nutrea.

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u/L13on 8d ago

Why does it have webbed feet? Is it a relative of capybaras?

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u/Ryogathelost 8d ago

I think, same general idea - big, swimming South American rodent.

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u/Caosin36 8d ago

They are both semiaquatic rodents, so yea

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u/laflux 8d ago

Looks like an Albino Nutriea

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u/zillamonster69 8d ago

Albino nutria?

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u/flinjager123 8d ago

Close. Its actually leucistic. Not albino. But still a nutria or coypa (they're the same thing, just different names).

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u/finisher927 8d ago

Looks huggable.

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u/chchchchia86 8d ago

Is fren.

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u/TheBloodsuckerProxy 8d ago

Master Splinter?

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u/RybakAlex 8d ago

What was that

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u/Akagraffe 8d ago

It's not a rat, it's definitely a rodent, but it's a coypu. Albino (or rather, just leucystic). A rodent that lives on (aquatic) banks

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u/UKUSHUSUS 8d ago

What a cultured and neat gentleman!

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u/Shovelhead_Fred 8d ago

I used to bullseye these with my T-16

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u/Common-Concentrate-2 8d ago

Man, they are so close to being a beaver....but so far

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u/smalllittlefreak 8d ago

HE'S CUTE. I LOVE HIM. is this unhealthy for the rat...? either way, he's handsome and I wish him well.

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u/LCSdrd 8d ago

That is not a rat. Its like pointing at a panther and saying its a huge domestic cat. That's a normal sized nutria with albinism. Very cute

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u/smalllittlefreak 8d ago

I looked this up. Yeah I think you're right! A handsome and adorable fellow to be sure.

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u/Kallymouse 8d ago

Shiny✨

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u/PrimaryAnimeDoctor16 8d ago

Guys.. it's just an albino capybara with a tail and some Korean face surgery....

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u/Downtown-Inflation13 7d ago

It’s not a capybara it’s a nutria

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u/kristoffison 8d ago

That’s a puppy

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u/ram4ram 8d ago

Average rat in New York

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u/Current-Tailor3957 8d ago

Rattata got a new color scheme?

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u/GilesManMillion 8d ago

What a big fat cutie pie

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u/Mammoth-Support-826 8d ago

Is that a half rat half capybara?

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u/Vehement_Vulpes 8d ago

By Sigmar!

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u/AdeptnessMany3806 8d ago

"The food of the gods"..vibes

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u/Aleksandr_Ulyev 8d ago

More like a rat king

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u/dredd0077 8d ago

Нутряки.

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u/Frustrella 8d ago

He makes all the rules

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u/Tricliquor04 8d ago

My friend and I would play a DnD-esque situation and whenever I'd go to the cellar to clear out rats he would say "the rat lunged for you and bit your jugular"

I would get so mad that a tiny rat would take me out in one swipe, but you know what? Now I see his vision 😭🙏🏼

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u/Blablakam 8d ago

Thats just a copyu ?

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u/StrawberryTerry 8d ago

That rat is bigger than my dog

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u/Milk_Mindless 8d ago

Not a rat

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u/brMerak 8d ago

The absolute of a rat we have right now is Trump working for Russia.

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u/Straight-Gas-1319 8d ago

I showed my mom and she’s yelled “what the f is that?!” This can’t actually be a rat???

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u/SqueakBoxx 8d ago

That is not a rat. educate yourself.

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u/Schaeman2000 8d ago

It looks like it’s in between the appearances of a rat and capybara… it’s cute

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u/WardDispenser 8d ago

A wild Raticate appeared! ✨✨✨

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u/Just_a_chair_for_you 8d ago

It’s a pale master splinter

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 8d ago

That's a big ol buddy.

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u/Hopeful-Scholar-7915 8d ago

"El Rata Alotta"

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u/JoeCMGIS 8d ago

Is this the giant rat that makes all of the rules?

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u/dzymnchld 8d ago

CUTE! Chonker

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u/dandrevee 8d ago

Isnt this a Nutria?

Rodent..but not rat.

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u/LuckyCod2887 8d ago

is that someone’s pet?

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u/Green-Feature3810 8d ago

I’m disgusted he seems chill tho

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u/AnonymousAintReady 8d ago

Forget the poison, dude needs C4 and a turkey sandwich.

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u/DentonClone 8d ago

Is this the giant rat that makes all of the rules?

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u/birb52 8d ago

fat rat

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u/BenceAce 8d ago

Thats a capy.... What?

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u/mitchins-au 8d ago

That looks like a small capybara

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u/narf_hots 8d ago

Oh wait, I can explain. That's not a rat, hope that helps.

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u/Dawnlander89 8d ago

It's a fucking DOG😡

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u/Claytybabe 8d ago

No no is Siberian hamster

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u/Zolomight 8d ago

TheFatRat leaked face reveal

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u/Minecraftlover768 8d ago

Meh close enough, welcome back Biggie Cheese

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u/Rhythm_Killer 8d ago

That’s not a rat

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u/LargeDietPepsi 8d ago

that’s not a rat

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u/Odd_Ad_5716 8d ago

A white Bisam?

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u/DaBluBoi8763 8d ago

Stuart Big

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u/PlantEmbarrassed9777 8d ago

Looking for his four turtles

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u/Mental-Praline-420 8d ago

What kind of animal is that? Looks like a giant rat lol

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u/Nice-Pomegranate2915 8d ago

Coypu/Nutria .

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u/Danger_Floof25 8d ago

Nutra-rat is what they’re called in Louisiana

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u/Organic-Baker6505 8d ago

Salvatore Bonpensiero afterlife

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u/sillyglimmercreature 8d ago

that's a big one

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u/Mr_Friend__ 8d ago

White beaver

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u/Macfrom1987 8d ago

Looks like a good boy

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u/Deviantdefective 8d ago

That's not a rat

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u/ComeOnUpToTheHaus 8d ago

That's a Nutria lol.

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u/Johnny_Trousersnake 8d ago

Is that baron trump

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u/Termiborg 8d ago

Nutria, my beloved!

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u/TitanicChurro 8d ago

Looks like a normal sized coypu to me.

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u/piercedbears 8d ago

holy shit. trench rat ass sized.
cute though.. maybe

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u/hotriccardo 8d ago

You must be a mighty human to have been granted a council guard for protection

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u/sweettoothGupy 8d ago

Whoa their back feet are webbed inbetween the toes compared to the front feet. Cooool

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u/RocksAreOneNow 8d ago

This is a Nutria

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u/Rhombus239 8d ago

Is that a nutria-rat?

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u/in1gom0ntoya 8d ago

its a nutria

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u/Headglitch7 8d ago

He's the biggest rat who makes all of the rules

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u/oNietz 8d ago

Yall way too sure it ain't a capybara

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u/Turbulent-Try-4976 8d ago

I don't care what it is I just want to know where to get one.

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u/IndigoHaze750130 8d ago

How long does this species live for?

He is so cute. It is like a combo of a rat, guinea pig, and opossum.

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u/DarthRiznat 8d ago

That's a crat

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u/letmehaveanameyoudum 8d ago

welcome to new york

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u/RickHorseman16 8d ago

Just wait for when he discovers Warpstone