Jim caught this critter red-handed in my garden today:
A big 'ole nutria lounging beneath our grapes.
Here he is, glaring at Jim's camera.
Looks like, before Jim spotted him, this nutria made a nice meal of my cucumber plant. The plant is big & vibrant, so it should survive. But I definitely need to get a fence put in soon!
I didn't see the nutria, but Jim said it was huge: 25-30 pounds. Yikes!