Larry the Cable Guy Loves Louisiana [VIDEO]

“Larry the Cable Guy,” says Louisiana is are among the states that gave him great ideas for the second season of his History Channel show “Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy,” which premieres Jan. 11.

The show uses some humorous approaches to interesting people and places. The new Season opens with Larry’s venture to the Alaska frontier, and later on to Louisiana, home of the nutria.

The nutria is a rodent native to South America that is believed to have been accidentally introduced into coastal Louisiana in the 1930s. It wreaks havoc on the state’s fragile wetlands by devouring the roots of erosion-stopping marsh plants. They also damage banks and levees by burrowing. Louisiana holds periodic nutria hunts in which hunters turn in tails as proof of a kill.

Larry said he addresses those subjects in his show and even gets a taste of some fried nutria meat.

“It was kind of like eating rabbit,” he said. “It’s a little gamey, but it’s not that bad.”

During a trip to New Orleans a few months ago, he met with a voodoo priest, ate beignets at Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter, helped decorate a Mardi Gras float and marched in a street parade.

He returned to Louisiana in December for a nutria hunting expedition in a south Louisiana swamp.

via Washington Post Entertainment