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I live next to some urban Beavers. I really wonder about their genetics. Like do some of them leave to find another family to join? How do they do that in the c
by csours 4y ago
I live next to some urban Beavers. I really wonder about their genetics. Like do some of them leave to find another family to join? How do they do that in the city? Or are they genetically stable? Or is this family going to die out after a while? I've seen them swimming at sunset a few times. I think I saw one out of the water once, but I wasn't sure what I was looking at.
- wellthisisgreat 4y agowow I had no idea urban beavers exist. I thought they are quite fragile creatures who require clean water and prefer relative peace and quiet.
- jvm___ 4y agoThe semi-urban ones in the park near me took out the 5ft diameter willow trees by chewing a circle around the outside. There's a duck pond with just a few willow trees around it, so the change will be pretty drastic.
- 13of40 4y agoThere are a ton of them in the suburbs east of Seattle. They're hard to spot in person most of the time, but you can see all the trees they've mauled, and sometimes they get hit by cars.
- mikestew 4y agoAnyone going along the Sammamish River Trail through Redmond will see their handiwork. There was even a dead one along the bank a while back[0], and it was a lot bigger than I expected having never seen one up close. More "small/medium-sized dog" than "cute little furry thing". I wouldn't get close to a live one. [0] For the locals, on the gravelled west side of the trail north of Leary Way. It wasn't hit by a car (nowhere near the road), and I don't know what would be big enough to kill one that wouldn't take at least a few bites. Long gone now.
- s0rce 4y agoThey are recovering around the SF Bay Area
- RajT88 4y agoUrban beavers are a thing in Illinois as well. I see them sometimes in the ponds in office parks. Or in lakes in suburban parks. I wouldn't be too shocked to learn they are living along the Chicago river.
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