@ROUSdocumentary

"Rodents of Unusual Size" is an offbeat environmental documentary about the monstrous swamp rats (nutria) at the edge of the world. Narrated by Wendell Pierce

 Louisiana, USA
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Hunting for Meat Is Widely Accepted. Wearing Fur from the Predators You Hunt and Trap Should Be, Too outdoorlife.com/opinion/pred…

Hunting for Meat Is Widely Accepted. Wearing Fur from the Predators You Hunt and Trap Should Be, Too

While the public approves of hunting for meat, hunting predators or trapping for fur is condemned. But that distinction is often arbitrary.

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Chadwick Boseman
@chadwickboseman11 Aug 2020
YES @KamalaHarris! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #WhenWeAllVote #Vote2020
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mackenzie@hihihimackenzie27 Feb 2020
The @means_tv Nutria documentary “Rodents of Unusual Size” is fucking incredible and if you love New Orleans and stories about habitat destruction in the anthropocene I hiiiiiiiighly recommend it
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Barack Obama
@BarackObama21 Mar 2020
And @cripchick, a disabled activist, understands what it’s like for people with particular vulnerabilities to come together for support: kqed.org/news/11806414/coron…

Coronavirus: How These Disabled Activists Are Taking Matters Into Their Own (Sanitized) Hands | KQED

Stacey Milbern and her small collective of disabled activists are making their own hand sanitizers and disinfectants, and are distributing them to people in homeless encampments in Oakland.

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A Delta nutria@adeltanutria26 Feb 2020
My bags ARE packed, in fact. I look forward to moving into your house.
Rep. Josh Harder
@RepJoshHarder25 Feb 2020
Replying to @RepJoshHarder
.@ADeltaNutria – you might want to start packing your bags.
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Tiffany Haddish
@TiffanyHaddish7 Nov 2019
I want to say Thank You to Luke Y. Thompson for writing your truth. Hopefully everyone will read your article and see for themselves that you are a truth teller. forbes.com/sites/lukethompso…
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Grasshopper Film@GhopperFilm15 Oct 2019
Did you spot RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE (@ROUSdocumentary) on Jeopardy! last night? Watch the film now: bit.ly/31ebbZr
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Rep. Josh Harder
@RepJoshHarder24 Sep 2019
Did you know today is “bring your swamp rat to work day?”
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Rep. Josh Harder
@RepJoshHarder26 Sep 2019
Let me introduce you all to my friend Nellie 🐀
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Looks like the #nutria have made it to Prague. What do you think, @ROUSdocumentary? 🐀 🐀 🐀
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Big Picture Science@BiPiSci5 Jun 2019
The documentary, "Rodents of Unusual Size", explores how nutria were brought to the U.S. for fur, but are now destroying coastal wetlands. bit.ly/2WnLwQv
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This trail camera video recorded the first nutria detected within Stockton -- 16 river miles north of the nearest known nutria population. #nutria
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Phil Hall
@BizSuperstar20 May 2019
Have you heard ‘The Wild, Wild World of Chris Metzler’ by The Online Movie Show w/ Phil Hall on #SoundCloud? #np soundcloud.com/onlinemoviesh… @ROUSdocumentary @Fishbone @SaltonSeaFilm #documentary #documentaries #indiefilm #nonfictionfilm #nature #SaltonSea

The Wild, Wild World of Chris Metzler

Documentary filmmaker Chris Metzler has given audiences a look into strange and fascinating subjects through his productions "Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea," "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of

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Chile Today News@ChileTodayNews25 Apr 2019
🐧 In CT Flora & Fauna: #Coipo. Also known as the nutria, this is the largest rodent in Chile. Outside its natural habitat it can be a voracious pest, and it was recently the subject of its own documentary, ”Rodents of Unusual Size.” #Chile #Nature #Fauna #ChileanFauna
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Magnus.maggot@MaggotMagnus29 Apr 2019
My nutria rat skull is a babe.
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Via Twitter "OKAY I found a little info on nutrias. They’re semi-aquatic rodents that are actually invasive species to wetlands. this is an adorable baby nutria like the one I saw. Don’t google what the adults look like tho 😬" xitter.cf/aminalsspotted/status/…
Animals spotted@animals_spotted21 Apr 2019
OKAY I found a little info on nutrias. They’re semi-aquatic rodents that are actually invasive species to wetlands. this is an adorable baby nutria like the one I saw. Don’t google what the adults look like tho 😬
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We posted this one very early in the life of this Facebook page for Rodents of Unusual Size, but the headline is so captivating we decided to... soranews24.com/2014/10/14/ko…

Korean activists upset over plans to sew the anuses of river rats shut, make them eat each other

Recently if you were to type the Korean name for a copyu (aka "river rat" or "nutria") into a search engine it would also likely suggest the Korean word for anus. That's because of a controversial...

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File this under, "You learn something new everyday" - Nutria gall bladders have a higher level of ursodeoxycholic acid than that found in bear bile, which is used in traditional medicine in parts of Asia, so there is... bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from…

South Korea warns against eating river rats

Environment ministry warns that the rodents host bacteria and parasites.

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Check this out! A fan of R.O.U.S. is working on a documentary project about South Louisiana in the 1970s — "Big French Dance: Cajun and Zydeco music, 1972-1974." They're in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign so see what they are doing and consider... kickstarter.com/projects/big…
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