The Coypu in Norfolk

Charming, gentle swamp rats - these fellows were voracious vegetarians who helped keep the waterways clear but their relentless appetite for sugarbeet, kale and carrots led to a bounty on their heads and, some say, their doom.
Certain scenes may be distressing - a coypu hunter kills a mother and cuts her open to rescue the cubs to demonstrate their resilience.

[@ironix1]

Thanks for sharing. These programs are so rare now. I remember seeing a coypu in 1981. It swam across the river in the evening when we were boating on the broads.

[@SZYB3]

Good programme....just in France and saw my first Coypu yesterday....lovely creature...the chap at the end who had one as a pet in the 60s....beautiful.❤️

[@theotheseaeagle]

I urge people to not feel too bad for the coypu considering they harm our waterways by killing of the vegetation that water birds like coots and moorhens depend on. I’ve heard they are exterminated now but every so often the odd rumour will go around that someone has seen a coypu in their local canal etc

[@ironix1]

OUR waterways???? We have ruined OUR waterways more than any animal on this planet ever could!

[@auntfanny3266]

I live in Norfolk, and long to see one. Every so often a rumour that they survived goes round.

[@auntfanny3266]

@Susan Stocks You lucky thing!

[@anthonyturton8091]

I saw one on the norfolk broads when I was a child. of all the invasive species why was this the only one killed off. a pity

[@theotheseaeagle]

It’s because they destroy our waterways. Just because it’s “cute” doesn’t mean it has the right to kill off our native species

[@ironix1]

@@theotheseaeagle No, but we can, right?

[@cuttlefishpie3731]

Coypu burgers anybody?

[@theotheseaeagle]

Haha lol