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I saw a thread here https://www.nairaland.com/8673699/how-ended-sunday-bush-meat and I want to set the record straight on this matter.

In Igbo land, Grasscutter is what we refer to as Bushmeat (see first and second picture below), however some Nigerians don't seem to understand the difference between bushmeat and the typical gutter rat.

Please see the pictures below, Notice the rounded head, short ear and short mouth on the grasscutter? compare that to the long mouth, long tail, long and slender long body of the gutter rat (Third picture below)

The Grasscutter is herbivorous and can be found in the bushes and forest , while the Gutter rat eats anything and can be found in the gutter eating excrement, cockroaches, dirt. It is not fit for human consumption.

This habit of catching gutter rats, killing them and trying to pass them off as bushmeat is making Nigerians look bad, the average foreigner visiting Nairaland would assume that Nigerians eat rats.

Its not a good look

This thread is important considering that some nairalanders just pick up any rodent, smoke it up and consume it calling it bush meat...smh

all those eating rats on this forum this a must read for ye all

Bush meat is not the specific name of any animal...


In Nigeria terms it is any animal (apart from the usual goat, cattle, pork, etc) found and usually hunted in the bush.


So an antelope, hedgehog, even snakes are referred to as bush meat etc. As long as it's not the usual domesticated animals.


I used to pass through ore and along the road you would see different animals on display some of which I don't even know the names or identify... all are referred to as bush meat because they were hunted and came from the forest!

brain54:
Bush meat is not the specific name of any animal...


In Nigeria terms it is any animal (apart from the usual goat, cattle, pork, etc) found and usually hunted in the bush.


So an antelope, hedgehog, even snakes are referred to as bush meat etc. As long as it's not the usual domesticated animals.


I used to pass through ore and along the road you would see different animals on display some of which I don't even know the names or identify... all are referred to as bush meat because they were hunted and came from the forest!

The part of igboland that I come from, no one refers to rat as bushmeat. Antelope and Grasscutter are commonly referred to as bush meat, No one refers to goat (Ewu), cattle (Ehi) or Pig (Ezi) as bush meat.

Rat is not bushmeat, not to the Igbo man anyway

brain54:
Bush meat is not the specific name of any animal...


In Nigeria terms it is any animal (apart from the usual goat, cattle, pork, etc) found and usually hunted in the bush.


So an antelope, hedgehog, even snakes are referred to as bush meat etc. As long as it's not the usual domesticated animals.


I used to pass through ore and along the road you would see different animals on display some of which I don't even know the names or identify... all are referred to as bush meat because they were hunted and came from the forest!

You dey hunt inside gutter? I am telling you that other thing wey dem dey call bushmeat is not bushmeat but a gutter rat.

Mrchippychappy:
The part of igboland that I come from, no one refers to rat as bushmeat. Antelope and Grasscutter are commonly referred to as bush meat, No one refers to goat (Ewu), cattle or Pig (Ezi) as bush meat.

Rat is not bushmeat, not to the Igbo man anyway

My brother just because no one refers to it as bush meat from your part...


Doesn't mean others can not call it whatever they want and eat it.


I have never eaten it myself. But if anyone decides to eat whatever they want it is their business.



The Chinese eat frogs and so many things that would make me cringe but would you tell them to not eat what they want. And does eating those things make the Chinese look bad?


Except an animal is endangered I have no problem with people eating anything they want. You should look the other way too as long as no one is forcing you to eat it with them!

Mrchippychappy:
You dey hunt inside gutter? I am telling you that other thing wey dem dey call bushmeat is not bushmeat but a gutter rat.

Is the animal only found inside the gutter...?


Is that it's residence? The person that killed the bush meat your thread is all about did he tell you he hunted it inside gutter?

They know the difference. They call rats bushmeat to convince themselves otherwise.

eepeepook:
They know the difference. They call rats bushmeat to convince themselves otherwise.

I am really hoping that's not the case

It is. I’ve repeatedly seen security guards call fully grown rats, “rabbit.” They’ll come up with every rationalization under the sun to why the creature is not a sewer rat.

Mrchippychappy:
I am really hoping that's not the case

Nchi is the best bushmeat you can ever have.

Mrchippychappy:
I saw a thread here https://www.nairaland.com/8673699/how-ended-sunday-bush-meat and I want to set the record straight on this matter.

In Igbo land, Grasscutter is what we refer to as Bushmeat (see first and second picture below), however some Nigerians don't seem to understand the difference between bushmeat and the typical gutter rat.

Please see the pictures below, Notice the rounded head, short ear and short mouth on the grasscutter? compare that to the long mouth, long tail, long and slender long body of the gutter rat (Third picture below)

The Grasscutter is herbivorous and can be found in the bushes and forest , while the Gutter rat eats anything and can be found in the gutter eating excrement, cockroaches, dirt. It is not fit for human consumption.

This habit of catching gutter rats, killing them and trying to pass them off as bushmeat is making Nigerians look bad, the average foreigner visiting Nairaland would assume that Nigerians eat rats.

Its not a good look

It's nit gutter rat. It's called african/Gambian pouched rat.

That guy yesterday ate gutte rat prepared with pepper and Maggi

He even post pictures

Chei Tinubu, you do this one o

Nnamenh like these I will buy Bush meat tonight to celebrate Arsenal win...as Chelsea my club is giving me BP...

Mrchippychappy:
The part of igboland that I come from, no one refers to rat as bushmeat. Antelope and Grasscutter are commonly referred to as bush meat, No one refers to goat (Ewu), cattle or Pig (Ezi) as bush meat.

Rat is not bushmeat, not to the Igbo man anyway

So what is ewi or ewita in some igbo places. Where in igbo are you from that ewi is not bush meat.

Grasscutter na correct bush meat. Yorubas call it oya.

Rat cutter and Grass cutter


If Rat cut Ur hand with e teeth, rush go take injection sharply

So na big rat the guy chop..... It's irritating, he should go to hospital to flush everything out... Teeeehhhh!!!!!

So no better news again na rat and grasscutters
Mtcheew


DEFENSE
'War beyond the region': IRGC vows to 'lay enemies in black dust' if Iran faces new aggression
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that if aggression against Iran is repeated, the regional war that had previously been promised will this time be extended beyond the region, and that devastating blows would be delivered from places the enemy cannot imagine.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the IRGC addressed the United States directly, saying the "American-Zionist enemy" has failed to learn from repeated major strategic defeats at the hands of the Islamic Revolution and has once again resorted to threats.

"Although they attacked us with the full capabilities of two armies – the most expensive armies in the world – we did not bring all the capacities of the Islamic Revolution into action against them," the statement said.

"But now, if aggression against Iran is repeated, the regional war that had been promised will this time be drawn beyond the region, and our crushing blows will lay you in black dust in places you cannot imagine."

The statement, issued under the Qur'anic verse "Fight the leaders of disbelief – indeed they have no [commitment to] oaths – that they might cease" (Surah Al-Tawbah, verse 12), said the IRGC would demonstrate its power on the battlefield rather than through empty statements or virtual pages.

"We are men of war, and you will see our power on the battlefield, not in hollow statements or virtual pages," the IRGC said. "And there is no victory except from God, the Almighty, the Wise."

The warning comes amid escalating war rhetoric from US President Donald Trump, who has threatened in recent days to launch renewed strikes against Iran if indirect diplomatic discussions do not conclude in an agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also warned earlier on Wednesday that any return to war with Iran would bring “many more surprises.”

The brutal US-Israeli aggression on Iran was launched on February 28 with deadly airstrikes that hit an elementary school in Minab, assassinated Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and killed senior Iranian officials and commanders.

The Islamic Republic retaliated to the US-Israeli strikes by firing hundreds of drones and missiles at US-Israeli military and commercial targets across the region.

The Russian president’s official visit reinforces what both sides have described as a “no-limits” relationship


Chinese President Xi Jinping is hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin for a two-day official visit in Beijing packed with talks and events aimed at deepening ties amid geopolitical and economic turmoil linked to the war in the Middle East.

Putin’s visit comes days after Xi’s summit with US President Donald Trump and coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, a landmark agreement that laid the foundation for the countries’ strategic partnership.

Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night accompanied by a high-level delegation that includes senior Kremlin officials, ministers, and the heads of major Russian companies and financial institutions, including Kremlin investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, and Russian space chief Dmitry Bakanov.


Wednesday began with one-on-one and expanded-format talks between Putin and Xi. Speaking to reporters, Xi described the discussions as “deep, friendly, and productive,” saying they covered a broad international agenda. Putin called Russia-China ties a “model of interstate relations in the modern world,” arguing the partnership is built on equal rights, mutual support, and “genuine friendliness.”

Russia-China strategic partnership turns 30: How former rivals became close friendsREAD MORE: Russia-China strategic partnership turns 30: How former rivals became close friends
According to the Kremlin, around 40 agreements are expected to be signed during Putin’s visit. Putin and Xi have already signed a joint statement extending the Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, as well as a declaration on building a multipolar world, stating that attempts by “some states” to dominate global affairs, impose their interests, and restrict other countries’ sovereign development have “failed.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also confirmed Russia would extend its visa-free regime with China, saying the “practice has proved itself positively.” Xi meanwhile noted that despite the “difficult international situation,” bilateral trade had exceeded $200 billion, with turnover between January and April alone rising 20%, which he described as “not an easy feat.”

Ask Babachir Lawal. Grasscutters were his undoing for corruption.

Mrchippychappy:
The part of igboland that I come from, no one refers to rat as bushmeat. Antelope and Grasscutter are commonly referred to as bush meat, No one refers to goat (Ewu), cattle or Pig (Ezi) as bush meat.

Rat is not bushmeat, not to the Igbo man anyway

That thing u call rat is known as rabbit,the tail is white and some are even bigger that grass cutter,it does not come out in the day time like the rat does,it lives in a hole well prepared with bedroom,storage, sitting room and the most important emergency escape door.it eats everything as u say but if u go to his storage u will find palm kennel,maize and ground nut depending on region,it is not rat

Mrchippychappy:
I saw a thread here https://www.nairaland.com/8673699/how-ended-sunday-bush-meat and I want to set the record straight on this matter.

In Igbo land, Grasscutter is what we refer to as Bushmeat (see first and second picture below), however some Nigerians don't seem to understand the difference between bushmeat and the typical gutter rat.

Please see the pictures below, Notice the rounded head, short ear and short mouth on the grasscutter? compare that to the long mouth, long tail, long and slender long body of the gutter rat (Third picture below)

The Grasscutter is herbivorous and can be found in the bushes and forest , while the Gutter rat eats anything and can be found in the gutter eating excrement, cockroaches, dirt. It is not fit for human consumption.

This habit of catching gutter rats, killing them and trying to pass them off as bushmeat is making Nigerians look bad, the average foreigner visiting Nairaland would assume that Nigerians eat rats.

Its not a good look

You seem to be very ignorant or shall we say confused as to what Bushmeat really is

Bush meat is any animal that lives in the bush and can be consumed as meat. In the olden days there were lot of those in the Igbo bushes including Bush cow and lion. But in modern times most of those animals have become extinct and what you have left is the bush rat (ewe) and the grass cutter (Nnshe)


Gutter rat is the one you find in Cities and towns... The houses and the gutter

Gutter rat is black in color I'm very smelly. It is a carrier of several diseases and pledges

Bush rat on the other hand is only found in the bush and most times grows much bigger than gutter rat.

The bush rat is brownish in color, smells like a typical Bush meat living in the forest and is where cleaner

People have been eating Bush rat for over 500 years. It is sweet rich and delicious

Guttar rat on the other hand stinks. Nobody eats such a thing.
Jams parasite and more I carried by guttar rat. They are also found on ships which was how the Black death plague was spread a few centuries ago killing millions of people across Europe

It was rats that carry it from one corner of Europe to the other through ships

Leepeak:
So no better news again na rat and grasscutters
Mtcheew


DEFENSE
'War beyond the region': IRGC vows to 'lay enemies in black dust' if Iran faces new aggression
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that if aggression against Iran is repeated, the regional war that had previously been promised will this time be extended beyond the region, and that devastating blows would be delivered from places the enemy cannot imagine.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the IRGC addressed the United States directly, saying the "American-Zionist enemy" has failed to learn from repeated major strategic defeats at the hands of the Islamic Revolution and has once again resorted to threats.

"Although they attacked us with the full capabilities of two armies – the most expensive armies in the world – we did not bring all the capacities of the Islamic Revolution into action against them," the statement said.

"But now, if aggression against Iran is repeated, the regional war that had been promised will this time be drawn beyond the region, and our crushing blows will lay you in black dust in places you cannot imagine."

The statement, issued under the Qur'anic verse "Fight the leaders of disbelief – indeed they have no [commitment to] oaths – that they might cease" (Surah Al-Tawbah, verse 12), said the IRGC would demonstrate its power on the battlefield rather than through empty statements or virtual pages.

"We are men of war, and you will see our power on the battlefield, not in hollow statements or virtual pages," the IRGC said. "And there is no victory except from God, the Almighty, the Wise."

The warning comes amid escalating war rhetoric from US President Donald Trump, who has threatened in recent days to launch renewed strikes against Iran if indirect diplomatic discussions do not conclude in an agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also warned earlier on Wednesday that any return to war with Iran would bring “many more surprises.”

The brutal US-Israeli aggression on Iran was launched on February 28 with deadly airstrikes that hit an elementary school in Minab, assassinated Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and killed senior Iranian officials and commanders.

The Islamic Republic retaliated to the US-Israeli strikes by firing hundreds of drones and missiles at US-Israeli military and commercial targets across the region.

The Russian president’s official visit reinforces what both sides have described as a “no-limits” relationship


Chinese President Xi Jinping is hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin for a two-day official visit in Beijing packed with talks and events aimed at deepening ties amid geopolitical and economic turmoil linked to the war in the Middle East.

Putin’s visit comes days after Xi’s summit with US President Donald Trump and coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, a landmark agreement that laid the foundation for the countries’ strategic partnership.

Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night accompanied by a high-level delegation that includes senior Kremlin officials, ministers, and the heads of major Russian companies and financial institutions, including Kremlin investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, and Russian space chief Dmitry Bakanov.


Wednesday began with one-on-one and expanded-format talks between Putin and Xi. Speaking to reporters, Xi described the discussions as “deep, friendly, and productive,” saying they covered a broad international agenda. Putin called Russia-China ties a “model of interstate relations in the modern world,” arguing the partnership is built on equal rights, mutual support, and “genuine friendliness.”

Russia-China strategic partnership turns 30: How former rivals became close friendsREAD MORE: Russia-China strategic partnership turns 30: How former rivals became close friends
According to the Kremlin, around 40 agreements are expected to be signed during Putin’s visit. Putin and Xi have already signed a joint statement extending the Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, as well as a declaration on building a multipolar world, stating that attempts by “some states” to dominate global affairs, impose their interests, and restrict other countries’ sovereign development have “failed.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also confirmed Russia would extend its visa-free regime with China, saying the “practice has proved itself positively.” Xi meanwhile noted that despite the “difficult international situation,” bilateral trade had exceeded $200 billion, with turnover between January and April alone rising 20%, which he described as “not an easy feat.”

Carry this Iran garbage comot for here. Una dey more concerned about Iran than the insecurity in Nigeria. Everywhere Iran, Iran, Gaza. If una hate Israel go and fight them and see if you no go collect 72 Virgins

ALL NA RAT WETHER NA GRASSCUTTER ..GUTTER RAT.. KUKUN@SE RAT....ALL NA RAT

oga, any meat that can be found in bush is bush meat eg antelope. grasscutter, mongoose, etc.

Hehe some people have been eating bacteria and covid19.

This habit of catching gutter rats, killing them and trying to pass them off as bushmeat is making Nigerians look bad, the average foreigner visiting Nairaland would assume that Nigerians eat rats.

Its not a good look

Why are Nigerians never proud of themselves and always looking at foreigners? Every country has its own delicacies and this is one of the reasons I like China, they don't give a damn what you think or what the wear says, them go still eat their cockroach or shark.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7204945631939448069

You people like to look good for foreigners but you don't look good for yourselves. Start from there first. Everything foreigner, Na why your leaders prefer to talk to foreign media than local media. Nigerians have a mindset problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH7tFaTeIcc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=---wuW8eD2w

Hmmmm. Okay . Thanks for the info

timota:
That thing u call rat is known as rabbit,the tail is white and some are even bigger that grass cutter,it does not come out in the day time like the rat does,it lives in a hole well prepared with bedroom,storage, sitting room and the most important emergency escape door.it eats everything as u say but if u go to his storage u will find palm kennel,maize and ground nut depending on region,it is not rat

This is a rabbit
See the thread here
https://www.nairaland.com/8020109/look-into-growth-rabbit-farm

I now know that most Nigetians really don't know the difference between gutter rat and rabbits or even grasscuter. I am shocked

Una dey chop rat all this time

Mrchippychappy:
I saw a thread here https://www.nairaland.com/8673699/how-ended-sunday-bush-meat and I want to set the record straight on this matter.

In Igbo land, Grasscutter is what we refer to as Bushmeat (see first and second picture below), however some Nigerians don't seem to understand the difference between bushmeat and the typical gutter rat.

Please see the pictures below, Notice the rounded head, short ear and short mouth on the grasscutter? compare that to the long mouth, long tail, long and slender long body of the gutter rat (Third picture below)

The Grasscutter is herbivorous and can be found in the bushes and forest , while the Gutter rat eats anything and can be found in the gutter eating excrement, cockroaches, dirt. It is not fit for human consumption.

This habit of catching gutter rats, killing them and trying to pass them off as bushmeat is making Nigerians look bad, the average foreigner visiting Nairaland would assume that Nigerians eat rats.

Its not a good look

You're not totally correct. What the guy you mentioned ate was Bush Rabbit... The one they call 'Ewi' in Igbo

Grasscutter is 'Nchi'

Both are bush meats and edible