His proposal, launched on his Facebook page, has caused a lively social media debate, with some people in favour of the idea and others revolted by the prospect of tucking it what looks like a cross-between a beaver and a large rat.

这条提议发布在其脸书主页后引发了社交媒体热议。一些人表示赞成，而另一些人一想到要吃长得既像海狸鼠又形似大老鼠的河狸鼠就感到厌烦。

“The debate about coypu has become bonkers, without coming to any resolution of the problem,” the 31-year-old mayor wrote.

这位31岁的市长写道：“关于河狸鼠的讨论越来越离谱了，得不出任何可行的办法。”

“Here’s my idea – let’s start eating them in restaurants and at village food festivals.”

“我的想法是：让我们开始在餐馆和乡村美食节上食用它们。”

However unpalatable the idea, he insisted that he was not joking and said there were regions of Italy that were already warming to the idea of tucking into roast, broiled or braised coypu.

不论这个主意有多招人厌烦，这位市长坚称自己没开玩笑，他说意大利一些地区的居民已经赞同烧烤或者炖煮河狸鼠来吃。

The mayor said he was speaking from practical experience, having eaten coypu meat. “It’s almost better than rabbit,” he said.

这位市长说自己是从实践出发做出的提议，他已经吃过河狸鼠。他说：“味道比兔肉好。”

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