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13-07-2021, 06:52 PM
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First baby beaver for 400 years

Has been born in exmoor.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...t-57808517.amp
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13-07-2021, 07:13 PM
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Re: First baby beaver for 400 years

Beavers are wonderful engineers. They create an environment that would otherwise not exist. By damming creeks, they make a home for fish, a habitat for various water fowl, and, at least in America, a feeding ground for moose who gorge on water plants.

As a child, I often played around beaver dams. Sometimes, while sitting quietly, I'd catch a view of the beavers felling trees, repairing the dam, and returning to their lodges with fresh green shoots.


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13-07-2021, 07:24 PM
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Re: First baby beaver for 400 years

This is wonderful news! So happy!
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13-07-2021, 08:06 PM
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Re: First baby beaver for 400 years

Originally Posted by Muddy ->
Has been born in exmoor.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...t-57808517.amp


It was on the news last night, lovely to see him/her in the water with his Mum.
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14-07-2021, 11:07 AM
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Re: First baby beaver for 400 years

It'll all end in tears
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14-07-2021, 03:56 PM
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Re: First baby beaver for 400 years

Charming creatures.

https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOVCQ4AQNB
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Re: First baby beaver for 400 years

Great news. Beavers' dams also help prevent floods further downstream by slowing down the flow.
 

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