Wild Facts You Never Knew About Beavers
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Published 2014-07-20
Special thanks to Dr. Heidi Perryman of www.martinezbeavers.org/ for pointing out some of our photo examples were of nutria, also called coypu, another large aquatic rodent, that is also cute, but not a beaver.
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Sources:
news.discovery.com/animals/zoo-animals/beaver-dam-…
wildlife.utah.gov/publications/pdf/2012_beavers.pd…
www.vetmed.wsu.edu/features/baileyMay06.asp
www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/animal-facts/beaver…
www.landscouncil.org/beaversolution/facts_on_beave…
newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/01/beaver…
www3.northern.edu/natsource/MAMMALS/Beaver1.htm
All Comments (21)
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Sometimes you say something cool, like talking about that 850 meter long beaver dam, and then you never show a picture of the actual thing.
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For years we lived on a lake, and every night my dog would bark for hours and hours. When I moved, the people that now own the house (who don't have a dog) found that beavers started gnawing the back fence posts. I didn't know my dog was fending off the beaver hordes from destroying our fence, loyal companion indeed.
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I want to know who picked up a beaver, smelled its ass and said "hey, this smells good. Let's use this for flavoring"
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ass-pirin i'm so sorry, it had to be done
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"Some evil scientists have even played the sound of running water near beavers, only to return in the morning to find speakers covered with sticks and leaves..." It's official. I have a new favourite animal. :D
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I don't feel like drinking my vanilla milkshake anymore.
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god canada even your wildlife are nice...wtf?
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being "photographed from space" doesn't have the same charm it used to.
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A good parent , a hard worker , and only asks to be left alone . The Beaver , definitely heaven bound .
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Dam, Beavers sound like they are way cooler than us.
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Okay, this is a serious contender of being my favorite video on YouTube! :D
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there's a good reason why scishow is my favorite watching nowadays... the material is good and well presented - and sometimes the comments are hilarious. Of course, given the subject matter pretty fertile ground for levity. And I was happy to see someone noted the Wynnona song - Primus. Worth a listen.
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"A note about beaver butts- They smell delightful." I'll keep that in mind...
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I went to a small technical school in Cambridge and the university's mascot was a beaver. It's not your typical school mascot like a lion, bear, bulldog or belligerent leprechaun but beavers were the perfect mascot since they're often referred to as "nature's engineer" :-)
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what about their tails? THE TAILS!!!!
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lol i love the end description of the beaver. An animal that makes it's habitat more liveable, drops everything to keep its neighborhood safe, and has a bum that smells like desert.
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I'm eyeballing my Vanilla Coke suspiciously as I watch this.
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Damn right we're the greatest engineers!
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Possibly my favorite episode yet.
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"Natural flavoring". barfs
