Keyrock's Hopefully Attractive Rodent Thread

[Walsingham]

Simple: convince a celebrity chef to make them the next 'must eat' middle class meat.

[Zoraptor]

Good luck doing that with what is basically a two foot (?) long rat. Even with Fallout (and Terry Prachett) extensively promoting the concept of rat as a tasty snack it'll be a hard sell... except for the name. I can see a big market for Nutria Bars/ Jerky as a healthy snack, the name just sounds so healthy. Not sure Nutria-On-A-Stick quite parses right though.

 

(We can't even get people to eat rabbit, and they're both nice to eat and a noxious pest.)

[kgambit]

The suckers get pretty big.  Over ten pounds easily, perhaps up to 15 to 20.  I used to see them all the time when we lived in New Orleans.

 

Nutria as a meat source?  Already been tried a couple of times with minimal success.

 

''I just don't think people like to eat things that they see dead on the highway,'' said Dr. Thomas, a Loyola University professor and director of the Louisiana Nature and Science Center. ''And there's dead nutria all along the roads down here.''

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/14/us/louisiana-is-trying-to-turn-pest-into-a-meal.html

 

"Road Kill - it's what's for dinner ......"   

[Keyrock]

Good luck doing that with what is basically a two foot (?) long rat. Even with Fallout (and Terry Prachett) extensively promoting the concept of rat as a tasty snack it'll be a hard sell... except for the name. I can see a big market for Nutria Bars/ Jerky as a healthy snack, the name just sounds so healthy. Not sure Nutria-On-A-Stick quite parses right though.

 

(We can't even get people to eat rabbit, and they're both nice to eat and a noxious pest.)

Not as well as Orat-On-A-Stick

[Walsingham]

Good luck doing that with what is basically a two foot (?) long rat. Even with Fallout (and Terry Prachett) extensively promoting the concept of rat as a tasty snack it'll be a hard sell... except for the name. I can see a big market for Nutria Bars/ Jerky as a healthy snack, the name just sounds so healthy. Not sure Nutria-On-A-Stick quite parses right though.

 

(We can't even get people to eat rabbit, and they're both nice to eat and a noxious pest.)

 

Point. Sorry. I always forget that other people's childhoods didn't involve copious rabbit stew.

[Rosbjerg]

Rodent'ish

[LadyCrimson]

I've probably posted this before but I'm posting it again.

 

[JFSOCC]

[Gorgon]

[LadyCrimson]

Kittah's all "U got ur stoopid pic. Can I eat it now?"

[Rosbjerg]

Bats are cute.

[Bartimaeus]

Won't they be impressed, I am a genius,
See how I transform this old rat,
Into a most delightful hat.

Hm, my compliments from me to you,
On this your most intriguing hat,
Consider, though, this substitute,
A bat in place of this old rat.

 

[Walsingham]

Bats are cute.

 

I believe I'm correct in thinking that bats urinate while eating, because they have to keep their flying weight down.

 

That's one less redhead I need to worry about.

[Rosbjerg]

sloth are scary though..

[licketysplit]

Pedo-Sloth.

[Walsingham]

sloth are scary though..

 

Is it just me or are sloths suddenly 100 times more scary?

[Keyrock]

And now, here's the chinchilla dustbath gif you didn't know you wanted:

 

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

 

sloth are scary though..

 

Is it just me or are sloths suddenly 100 times more scary?

 

It isn't just you.

[Keyrock]

Rodent and Feline living together:

 

Edited September 28, 2013 by Keyrock

[Walsingham]

Pic links not working now?

[Keyrock]

Pic links not working now?

Put up new pic link, hopefully it works now.

[licketysplit]

Cats love to clean their dinner.

[Walsingham]

Cats love to clean their dinner.

 

I was going to say "I wash spuds before I eat them" but same diff.

[Woldan]

My playboy bunnies:
 

 

 

 

[Gorgon]

We have bunnies in our yard. One of them is completely fearless and will leap at you like something out of Monty Python. They scare off the wild cats whenever they are let out. They really do have (razor sharp) big pointy teeth and can draw blood effortlessly.