Beaver

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Beaver

• By
• Louisa Hameline
• November 2007

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Life Cycle

• Mate for life
• Moms have from one to eight kits
• Often has four or five kits
• Born between late May and early June
• Kits swim an hour after birth
• Kits stay in their parents lodge for almost 2
  years
• Live 8 to 10 years

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Habitat/Shelter

• United states
• Northern Florida
• Canada
• Frozen north
• Marshes
• Have burrows
• Cut trees and work on dams at nighttime
• Because slow on land
• Cambium

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Diet

• Herbivores
• Leaves
• Eat bark from Poplar, Aspen, Willow, and Maple
  trees
• Store branches
• Twigs in dam
• Leave eaters

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Adaptations

• Thick brown fur
• Flat tail
• Scaly
• Blackish
• Big front teeth
• Light brown
• Hind feet
• Webbed
• Webbing between toes helps paddle water
• Cut trees to repair dam

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Fun Unusual Facts

• Coyotes, Foxes, Bobcats, Mountain lions, Owls and
  Hawks eat them
• Predators usually attack young
• Busiest at night
• Fur valuable
• Largest rodent
• People can help this animal by not killing them
  for there fur

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Works Cited

• Beavers by Stone
• Nature Works http//nbptv.org
• Student Discovery Science