Land Beevers

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Okay I'm wondering has anyone here seen a land beever? I mean not just their lodges but the actual Beever? I took a drive and saw multiple lodges of this elusive beever. Forgot to get some pictures but DARN if they don't build giant lodges out of whatever they find in the area. I'll get some pictures next time I go up where I've seen their lodges before. But if any of you have seen the Land Beever before please give me a link to an image of this animal.

Thanks CK
 
Crazy.kayaker said:
Okay I'm wondering has anyone here seen a land beever? I mean not just their lodges but the actual Beever? I took a drive and saw multiple lodges of this elusive beever. Forgot to get some pictures but DARN if they don't build giant lodges out of whatever they find in the area. I'll get some pictures next time I go up where I've seen their lodges before. But if any of you have seen the Land Beever before please give me a link to an image of this animal.

Thanks CK
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Never heard of a "land" beaver. Maybe the water has long since dried up...or the Weyerhauser pulp mill discharge stack is blowing into your neighbourhood again.:D
 
most of the mill in town is closed and I saw the lodges when I was going to Princeton today. I've seen them almost everywhere I've gone in bc. On top of that I live up the north valley or Westsyde and we have in the last 7 years smelled the pulp mill once about 2 years ago.
 
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Never heard of a land beaver either. Only land beavers I know are 2 legged. :D

Though, there is a beaver who built a small lodge in a ditch behind my work, and there is no pond or river or lake for miles around. I am guessing he came through the sewers from the lake which is quite a distance away. I'm guessing once the water dries up in the ditch this summer, he will be on his way. He did a great job of cleaning up some small and big trees back there this winter.
 
Here is a pic of a "Land Beever" working on it's "lodge".


Most of us in BC call them slash piles ............

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You spoiled the mystery of a land beever.......cool picture of one working on its lodge and I'm from Kamloops BC so I know what they're actually called. Imagine the trophy one of those suckers would make. :eek:
 
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If you're really talking about true four legged aquatic rodents with flat tails and a penchant for nibbling on trees, most of the beavers I've seen that have built "on land" were really just younger beavers that didn't have the experience to know to build closer to or in deeper areas. Many of these inexperienced beavers get eaten by other creatures in the winter when their lodge entrance is no longer under water.
 
Most beavers, once they reach a certain age, have to abandon their home in order to make room for future brothers and sisters. Therefore, they need to travel to find a new home, somtimes this takes them miles from rivers, lakes and streams. I live nowhere near a lake/river/stream, but have, over the years, been witness to many a beaver out on a jaunt looking for a new waterhole to occupy. I have even seen beavers take up residence in cattle farmer's dugouts, some of which dry right up in the heat of the summer, only to leave the beaver out of a home again, making them head out on another arduous journey to find a home!
 
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