American Beaver | Awesome Animals

Lumberjack surveyor Builders engineers it's all part of a day's work for

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s they have the tools and the knowledge they create a new ecosystem one log at a time when they build everyone shares the reward a

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pond it's a wildlife magazine it's the place find a partner to start a family to hunt or fight for survival in the center of the action the engineer keeps everything running by building a prey that is just part of the job these guys will face predators they will travel into the unknown and fight against all force of the nature everything to create your little piece of paradise these are the Teton Mountains in Jackson Hole Wyoming at their base slides a great river valley a place that the American beaver called home they are cousins ​​to mice and squirrels, but their 12-pound cat I wouldn't want to chase these 50 pound furballs it's hard to find an animal on earth that looks like them they are a bit like oversized groundhogs that borrowed spare parts from other

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their front paws have five toes and are agile like a raccoon while its hind legs have membranes like those of a swimming duck, its paddle tail could have been borrowed from a platypus, but without the first in its teeth, its most prized possession is like the giant incisors of a rabbit Put it all together and you have a superbly engineered machine in just five years.

These beavers turned a small forest stream into what is now called Willow Pond of that deep and diverse wetland, all from a few rocks, twigs and mud. When spring came, the water attracted a whole cast of characters year after year. year they count on the beaver as they count. The spring itself Sandhill cranes arrived from Mexico along with white pelicans. Canada geese and goldeneye ducks may have traveled only a few miles. They need calm water and good cover for nesting. This beaver pond provides both for a moose. Willows provide more than just cover for the The early spring shoots are a welcome relief after a winter that eats nothing but dry twigs.

Beaver Pond is the liveliest spot in the valley, home to

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of all kinds, but with all the hustle and bustle, predators are eager to join the party and so is a mother. Grizzly and her three cubs have just woken up from a six-month slumber, they are quickly hungry and will eat anything they can get their hands on, including a plump North American beaver. The father beaver senses danger and heads straight for the deepest and safest part of the pond, he can easily outswim a bear or hide in the murky water, holding his breath for up to 15 minutes, but the mother must stay. in the shelter with their babies.

It's a dangerous move. The bears know there's food inside, but even a 600-pound predator won't crush this brilliantly designed structure, maybe the bears thought the beavers were too much work or they're still groggy from a long winter nap, either way, Momma settle for the quick and easy delicacy of a rotten trout, bear cubs learn. hunt by watching their mothers and every small victory is worth celebrating while they receive valuable training from mom there is still plenty of time to play Believe it or not, the grizzly bear, one of the forest's top predators, is not the most serious threat to beavers in spring are sudden and unpredictable things six months of snow melt in the span of a few weeks trickles of water become torrents the small stream that feeds the willow pond became a raging river and tears apart the capisce The Beaver Dam is washed downstream in an instant the adult swims against the raging current, but the young beavers are not so strong.

One of the yearling beavers has strayed from the lodge at the wrong time. If he is swept away, he could get lost or injured in the rocky stream. luckily mom comes to the rescue with the worst / the Beavers assess the damage with the dam broken their pond is draining weeks of hard work wiped out in an instant it's not just the Beavers who are losing their home, the entire community is counting on them save this pond, fortunately, this is what beavers were born for, the sound of rushing water triggers an obsessive desire to build and once again the beavers spring into action, step 1, gather supplies armed with nothing but the large set of incisors, the leader of The mothers begin to burn firewood. those teeth of hers never stopped growing if she doesn't wear them down every day soon her head will grow back, but when you spend as much time chewing wood as she does, that's not a problem, there's no time to sit on the tail, that's quite a deal. family the mother put the stick in its place while the father patched the dams with the debris collected from the bottom and transported them as best one could.

In a week they had the water under control again they saved their pond despite the fright of their two Su two-year-old son has received crucial job training and he's going to need it. Her mother is about to give birth to a new litter. Her house may be well built, but it is not a mansion. The two-year-old is about to build it. get the boot he must leave and build his own pond it is not as easy as finding a place next to it the nearest land is already claimed other beavers probably his older brothers have already established colonies nearby this beaver must venture even further into the unknown and it is dangerous there will be predators and little protection when you find an unoccupied construction site you will have to design your own kite from scratch and all before winter returns this is a trip that many young beavers do not survive summer is approaching the valley bursts with life the beavers have created the perfect place to raise a family and attracts all washes applies a mother moose brings her two week old cat from the forest to the edge of the palm trees for a drink while a swan merges the pond to nest and a mother Fox watches it as a perfect hunting ground to help the bees during young growth children learn to hunt by watching their mothers and just playing rough they don't seem to have a care in the world that others don't It's so easy that the two year old is still on a house-hunting mission.

It's just two miles from the willow pond where he was born, but for one beaver, on an epic journey, he finally discovers a promising property and it just so happens that it has a special smell. There's a woman nearby. A single woman. He's hit the jackpot. The beavers. They are not very romantic for this young couple attracted by a matter of convenience she is the only woman available and he is the only man who is good enough for them now it is time to get back to work and do what beavers do best: build a dam starting the project from scratch the couple brings together all the skills engineer lumberjack carpenter even stone nations first comes their base a little brush that they put in the bottom of the force and then some stones carefully placed to anchor it in their Finally they add layers of debris and wooden holes are covered with mud everything in place a basic dam takes shape with layers of branches rocks trunks and debris arranged in a triangle as the water level increases the beavers add more layers making it the dam is taller and wider after a month their 40 foot dam is finally complete and their pond begins to grow the first trees are cut down the stream is blocked and the land is flooded that they alone have transformed an entire landscape without cement, chainsaws and excavators are not needed.

They have just passed the first great test of adulthood. They built a dam and filled a pond, but the beavers' work is never done. Your next home project. Your lakeside beaver lodge on Willow Pond. Mom and Dad. are on food hauling duty, they pick the family's favorite alder, Cottonwood Aspen and Willow, then float branch after tasty branch across the pond to the lodge, the kits are impatient eating machines waiting for their food delivery and then They fight over the biggest twig Mom and Dad try to sneak something to eat, maybe they only get the little leftover twigs, but nothing beats a little crunchy bark and some soft Hopi wood.

They have their fast-eating technique in their agile front paws, which are a small branch like an ear of corn, while their sharp front paws take the cheese away from the tasty part. As picky as they are, beavers can carry two pounds of wood each. day, which is quite a challenge for an animal that lives underwater but whose food grows on land and, what is worse, all the trees around it have been cut down. for your construction projects, but leave it to the Beavers to get creative and use a little animal genius. If you can't bring the trees to the water's edge, why not bring the water to the trees?

The Beavers turn hydroelectric engineers into their construction projects. The short trips out of the water have already worn out paths in the land now all they have to do is a little extra digging and it fills with water problem solved mother and father beaver continue to dredge their channels depositing mud on the shore all summer long the hard work pays off they create an entire network of canals that extend like fingers from the main pond they are the telltale mark of an older beaver pond that extends up to 750 feet into the surrounding forest this way they always have an aquatic escape route and it's definitely easier to move branches by floating them rather than dragging them, especially when you need to stockpile a bunch of branches for the winter and time is running out.

Cold weather is approaching quickly, a cold wind blows from the mountains and sets down the cottonwoods and cottonwoods. on fire in their new beaver pond the young couple can feel the change they have their dam but quickly they need to build their shelter warm and safe they are beaver lodge it's time to move some wood as soon as possible the beavers' teeth are idiots notable chain this mail can't be yours to cut through a six-inch tree trunk in less than an hour, but being a lumberjack is a dangerous job, every now and then a beaver gets crushed by a falling tree, so this It is the work of a beaver that his mate knows to stay away until he has turned around. -Watch working beavers are mostly nocturnal, so working the night shift is not a problem, the young male just keeps chewing every few bites, pauses and listens for the crunches and clicks, that way knows when to dive for cover, now the female joins in to help cut.

They lift the tree on logs like a mobile sawmill, the two loggers remove the branches and float the logs across the pond to the work site. Morning comes and they are still working. You could coin their style. a free-form mound, then gnaw and excavate the inside into an earthen cavern complete with rooms and even entrances, a layer of mud mortar is the finishing touch to hold it together and seal the coil. Over the course of a week they built a cozy four foot tall house with 2 foot thick walls and a luxurious interior that any beaver would crave because the entrances are below the water level and open to a drying and eating entrance above which is the living room ventilated main house with a chimney to prevent overheating is a castle built for a beaver and just in time winter has arrived when snow arrives in Jackson Hole, covering the valley for six months much of Willow Pond freezes over, but in the lodge Things are pretty cozy for beavers, thick walls protect from the cold and a layer of body fat, especially on their bare tails, does the rest.

They mainly sleep when hunger strikes. They can swim to your pantry and back in seconds. They never need to set foot outside, except if you're a young beaver trying. to spend your first winter on your own, the lizards outside whip up the snow in ten-foot piles and temperatures can drop to 40 degrees below zero, most animals just have to hold on, the bison use their heads like plows to reach The snow elk try to make do with the dry twigs of Willow and other trees and the shoots of Al Crudup's plants by kicking the snow with their hooks, but a certain pair of beavers, young and inexperienced, cannot You stored enough food for the winter, your pantry is empty. in the deep snow it means that someone has escaped from the lodge when they shouldn't have it's the young male hunger drives him to face the blast of winter all the hard work and preparation of the Beavers is to avoid a time like this he is More of a swimmer than a snowplow, but luckily for him he comes across a small sapling that will hold them for another day, but spring is far away and he must continue the brutal hunt.

The wind gets colder in the deeper snow every day. This time he must travel further from home, towards the forest. He ran into a tree that he had tried to cut down in the fall, but was left hanging on to a pine tree. Now it may be youronly hope. He is a good woodcutter, but not a climber. He tries to do it. Skate across the frozen log to reach the edible twigs 10 feet high. Success eludes you, but you're determined that your perseverance will finally pay off. Now it's a waiting game with a few sticks a day and your fat reserves. disappear, the couple must endure until the end of winter. finally arrives there is a sign of relief sun and heat finally arrive the snow will not disappear overnight but the worst is over the beaver family in Willow Pond returns to the routine making repairs construction edition and saying goodbye to another group of young As they go out into the world, the pond will empty the large cottonwoods and cottonwoods will grow back and the cycle can begin again upstream in the new pond.

The young couple finally ventures into a non-frozen world after surviving their first winter alone in a cold March. tomorrow they reaffirm their special bond this year they will be ready to have their own tips to continue being the busy beavers that they are and incredible animal engineers who will build on the work they started last year creating an entire ecosystem for an entire river. valley of creatures you