Lila’s Beaver Article

Beavers                                       By:Lila

 

      Facts Age,  food       Color,weight        ,height           Other

 

Beavers are the largest living rodents in the world.They have really thick fur and webbed feet like a duck so it’s really easy to swim. They have flat scale covered tails that act like a paddle. With powerful jaws and powerful teeth it only takes 5 MINUTES to cut down an eight foot  tree. Guess how many trees they cut down in a year,200 hundred trees. Did you know that the lifespan of a beaver is 10-15 years. In captivity they can live up to 20 YEARS. Once a beaver is two-years-old, it leaves the family house also known as the lodge. During summer, beavers will eat grasses, herbs, leaves of woody plants, fruits, and aquatic plants. Overall, 50% of North American beavers have pale brown fur, 25% are reddish brown, 20% are brown, and 6% are blackish, while in European beavers, 66% have pale brown or beige fur, 20% are reddish brown, nearly 8% are brown, and only 4% have blackish coats.They weigh between 35 and 65 pounds. They are 3 to 4 feet long and stand 1 to 1.5 feet tall. Did you know that the second heaviest beaver weighed 93 pounds, the third weighed 60 pounds but the heaviest living beaver weighing 110 pounds which is super heavy.

 

Did you know that a beavers teeth never stop growing. They grow  from 20 to 25 mm long Chewing on tree trunks and branches helps keep the teeth from getting too long.Canadian beavers built the world’s longest dam so big it can be seen from space.That must be a big dam.They build dams so that

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