BEAVERS
Mammal - Vertebrate - Herbivore
Mammal - Vertebrate - Herbivore
BEAVER DAM
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DAM AND LODGE
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Male: Beaver
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Female: Beaver
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Young: Kit (newborn to 1 year: Yearling (2nd year)
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BEAVERS
- Are rodents.
- Are nocturnal.
- Feed on a variety of aquatic and shore plants, buds and roots and surviving in winter by eating bark .
- Live in ponds, lakes, rivers and marshes in North America, parts of Europe and Asia .
- Create dams in rivers and streams which provide them with still, safe water in which to build its lodge.
- The family will live inside the lodge in the centre of the still pool of water.
- Lodges are made of branches and mud and hard enough for predators not to penetrate them.
- Have poor eyesight, but a strong sense of smell and good hearing.
- Have transparent eyelids so that they can see underwater with their eyes shut.
- Have sharp teeth which continue to grow throughout their life.
- Must gnaw on objects to keep their teeth at a manageable length or their teeth would eventually grow into their brain.
- Can hold its breath underwater for 45 minutes.
- The biggest dam built by beavers is twice as long as the Hoover Dam.