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Post by seenvic on Jun 9, 2009 13:46:40 GMT -5
www.edgefielddaily.com/merriwether052109.htmlI saw one of these yesterday, twice. I got within about 4-5 feet of it and thought it was a cute and docile little critter. Keep your eye out for these things out near FATS as that is the area they've been spotted in for the last several years. Weird thing is I rode with someone on Sunday who asked me about them and if I ever saw one. I said I had heard of them being in the area but had never seen one. Then the next day I saw one for the first time.
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Post by mcg2013 on Jun 9, 2009 15:09:19 GMT -5
I saw this guy last night on 53. Some "local" was chasing this guy down the street (and driving in the wrong lane), while trying to catch it with a net (fishing).
Talk about nutty.
I saw your car last night in the parking lot. We did a quick Skinny and Wave...
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Post by seenvic on Jun 9, 2009 15:30:50 GMT -5
I must have just left the scene. When I left, a gal was trying to catch it with a rope. I wasn't interested in catching it. Once I got it out of the paved road and back into the woods, I rolled on.
I saw a jeep in the lot and wondered it that was yours. But now I am wondering if you drive the white jeep or the SUV style Jeep w/ the CO tags and IMBA stickers.....
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Post by safetybreak on Jun 9, 2009 16:09:14 GMT -5
i almost ran one of these guys down on deep step two weeks ago. i told everyone i know about the half deer slash half rabbit that almost made me wreck my bike. when it happened i thought it was a hallucination, and then just chalked it up to the heat or to the smoke. then i saw him again at the last road crossing.
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Post by mcg2013 on Jun 9, 2009 17:22:07 GMT -5
jeep g cherokee with the sorba and imba stickers.
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Post by txr on Jun 9, 2009 22:22:28 GMT -5
Saw one on Monday while driving to FATS on 28. It was in the road just hanging out in the middle of the road. I was in the opposite lane and the car coming the other way was flashing its lights and honking and the dang thing was just standing there. I about drove off the road trying to get a look. I thought I was seeing things. Told some friends I saw this thing, and they thought I was just crazy LOL. Now I know what to call my vision
Tom
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Post by seenvic on Jun 10, 2009 8:43:44 GMT -5
This thread is hilarious. Better than I had hoped.
These cavies must be covering some ground if seen in all these locations. Word over here is that someone had them as pets and released them (pretty stupid). The released ones were reported to be all of the same sex, but here we are a few years later and these things are being seen from Sportsman Corner to Deep Step to Hwy 28. Can't be a only a few released years ago.
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Post by wooglin on Jun 10, 2009 13:40:47 GMT -5
Can't be a only a few released years ago. Sure can. From the article you linked to: **************** The Patagonian cavy breeds year round and is generally found in pairs that are monogamous and gather in small groups of ten to fifteen members. Gestation periods usually run around three months and the offspring are able to run within hours of birth and are born with their fur. Two to three offspring are normal in the births. The young are fully independent in two to three weeks and reach sexual maturity in two months. The cavy is native to Brazil and surrounding South American countries. (File Photo) With no natural predators in South Carolina the population is expected to continue to grow. *************** All in all its a bad scene. Invasive species rarely do good. The Feds should have offed the whole batch when they had the chance. And whoever let them loose/escape should foot the bill. |
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Post by seenvic on Jun 10, 2009 13:54:37 GMT -5
What do you think I meant when I said "can't be only a few released years ago"?
I meant they are breeding. And the "all the same sex" thing was bogus.
When did the feds have a chance to off the whole batch?
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Post by wooglin on Jun 11, 2009 15:57:41 GMT -5
My interpretation of your statement was that more were released. My bad. And I take it back regarding the feds as well. It was DNR that was alerted and decided it wasn't a problem. I think that's pretty short sighted. BUT, I have found the solution! Just move this study a few miles upstream, dispense with the electric fence, and it'll take care of the cavy problem post haste!  www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/47858022.html |
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Post by imnav8r on Jun 11, 2009 16:01:20 GMT -5
YIKES!!!
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Post by money on Jun 11, 2009 18:13:29 GMT -5
Do you think they taste like chicken?
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Post by brianW on Jun 12, 2009 12:05:31 GMT -5
The environmentalist in me says "open season on cavies" They are an invasive species that could possible disrupt/compete against native species.
As for native predators for cavies, the only possible one I can think of would be coyotes. Their main diet consists of rabbits, mice and at times deer. I bet they could take one down.
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Post by seenvic on Jun 12, 2009 12:33:40 GMT -5
I agree on the coyetes. One other natural predator would be the redneck.
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Post by DK on Jun 12, 2009 16:59:24 GMT -5
I agree on the coyetes. One other natural predator would be the redneck. I think the rednecks would be more of a scavenger than a predator. We're ..... ummm , I mean ..... They're more apt to go after roadkill.  |
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