very ▁Mc Il hen ny ▁( M arch ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁– ▁August ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 9 4 9 ), ▁son ▁of ▁Tab as co ▁brand ▁pe pper ▁sau ce ▁ty co on ▁Edmund ▁Mc Il hen ny , ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁business man , ▁expl orer , ▁bird ▁band er ▁and ▁conservation ist . ▁He ▁established ▁a ▁private ▁wild life ▁refuge ▁around ▁his ▁family ▁estate ▁on ▁A very ▁Island ▁and ▁helped ▁in ▁pres erving ▁a ▁large ▁coast al ▁mar sh land ▁in ▁Louisiana ▁as ▁a ▁bird ▁refuge . ▁He ▁also ▁introduced ▁several ▁ex otic ▁plants ▁into ▁Jung le ▁Gard ens , ▁his ▁private ▁wild life ▁garden . ▁▁ ▁Mc Il hen ny ▁is ▁sometimes ▁bl amed ▁for ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁ex otic ▁co yp u , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁nut ria , ▁into ▁Louisiana ▁where ▁they ▁are ▁a ▁major ▁e colog ical ▁problem . ▁ ▁Although ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁neither ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁introduce ▁their ▁far ming ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁or ▁to ▁release ▁them ▁into ▁the ▁wild , ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁the ▁animals ' ▁introduction ▁and ▁an ▁av id ▁self - prom oter , ▁so ▁his ▁tall ▁tales ▁soon ▁became ▁local ▁legend ▁and ▁he ▁has ▁become ▁in ext ric ably ▁linked ▁with ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁nut ria ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁at ▁A very ▁Island , ▁Louisiana , ▁where ▁the ▁families ▁of ▁his ▁father