Wednesday, March 30, 2016

A Beaver Forest

The other night I went for a walk in the woods .I just needed to get out of my house. I stumbled upon a pond that had beavers at it. I was hoping to see the beavers at dusk but never did. One thing I did notice were a lot of trees that had been gnawed at.

I assumed that when a beaver cuts down a tree, it does what it wants with it before cutting down the next one. I just assumed it would use branches to eat, repair dams and lodges and then move on to the next tree. I was wrong. I saw half a dozen large diameter trees gnawed. It looked like they were chopped with axes then left there. Of course, it wasn't axes, but beaver teeth marks on the trees. It was interesting to see.






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