# Nutria in Washington?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutria-in-washington/311276
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 6, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutria-in-washington/311276 "2005-07-06T13:12:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutria-in-washington/311276/1 "2005-07-06T13:12:48Z")
I just heard on the local news that three nutria were caught in Mt. Vernon, WA. I’d never heard of them here. I thought they were pretty much a Louisiana thing. I wonder how they got here? Always here, but never mentioned? Cross-country stowaways? Mardi Gras souvenier that escaped?
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutria-in-washington/311276/2 "2005-07-06T15:19:11Z")
I blame terrorists, myself.
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### Author:  [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutria-in-washington/311276/3 "2005-07-06T15:25:32Z")
“That ain’t no groundhog…!” \
Can they survive in cold weather?
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutria-in-washington/311276/4 "2005-07-06T17:36:22Z")
uh-oh. Kudzu with legs.
Perhaps not quite so prolific, but [Louisiana’s](http://www.nutria.com/site.php) not too enamored with the critters.
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### Author:  [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutria-in-washington/311276/5 "2005-07-06T17:51:44Z")
FWIW, we have them in Virginia. And our winters get cold, although not dire.