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19-FEB-2008

sleek and gleaming - brenda
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This is a young beaver that chose to visit my submerged dock, in the flooded river that flows past my house. It was diving underwater and coming up with green munchies - probably the day lilies I'd planted!

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Guest 27-Feb-2008 13:31
Miro, it is definitely a beaver. We have a small colony just around a bend in our little river; the yearling kits show up when the ice melts, and seem to like it when the river is flooded. The plant itself is about 10" long. Here's a link to a very poor shot I took a year ago, with the female and one of her previous yearlings. She weighs 20+ pounds, from my estimate. But I didn't have a DSLR or tripod so the shot isn't all that good. They were on the opposite bank to where this recent photo was taken. Glad you like it! Thanks. :) ~ Brenda

http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2480186120035320994gXBWOu
Miroslav Kral 26-Feb-2008 19:24
Comparing the size of the plant and the animal I presume it is Ondatra (Byzantine rat as we cal them here), or as Shirley say Muskrat. It is the same I believe. Very nice shot and on theme.
Shirley Haden24-Feb-2008 03:53
Well its cute as can be, but is it a Muskrat, Woodchuck(groundhog) or Beaver? It's so hard to tell from a picture. The big difference is how big was it? Beavers are very large, woodchucks are, well you've seen them on Feb. 2nd,and they are about half the size of a beaver. Then come the Muskrats which are bigger then any rat I've ever seen but smaller then the woodchuck by about half again. You did a great job of getting a photo of him/her, whatever he/she may be! :o)
Richdow AKA Catman 23-Feb-2008 01:05
Oh, I love this Brenda, I have never seen a beaver in action, and did not know their fur, hair, what ever it is, repel water like that. It definitely meets the liquefy category