Coypu

           Coypu build their nests in the wet ground of a river bank. Occasionally they will build their nests in a marsh, or a lake side. At these sites a Coypu will rummage for plant, mussels, or snails. These animals are graceful in the water but clumsy on dry land. While in danger a Coypu will swim to safety with its webbed toes. People have hunted Coypu for a long time for there fur called nutria. This fur is made in to clothing. People are now growing Coypu on farms for their valuable fur, but some times they escape from there farms and become invasive and destroy farms.
           Coypu live in small groups to large colony's. Mother Coypu have 2 to 3 litters every year. A litter has 5 to 7 young per litter. the new born's stay with there mother for 6 to 8 weeks, although they can survive on their own once their 5 days old. That's 15 to 21 young per year. A mature Coypu is 17 to 25 inches without the tail, and the tail can range from 10 to 16 inches. The Coypu live's in likes and rivers of parts of north and south America. Coypu are rodents that can live up to 6 years in captivity.
            I personally disapprove of any animal having to give it's life to become a cheap Macy's jacket, but I have little input on this situation.