Beavers Have Vanilla-Scented Butts and More Odd Facts
These famously busy rodents also aren't always monogamous.
When Calgary food writer Julie van Rosendaal was asked to change the trademarked name Beavertails for her version of that Canadian pastry, she called them “Canadian semiaquatic rodent posterior doughnuts.”
Dam, girl!
The story made us curious about beavers, so hunker down in your lodge and enjoy some facts about these emblematic animals.
The North American beaver lives throughout most of Canada and the U.S., as well as parts of Mexico. The only other species, the Eurasian beaver, is native to nine countries, from France to China.
“Beavers can change the landscape like almost no species other than humans,” says Glynnis Hood, wildlife ecologist at the University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus and author of The Beaver Manifesto.
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