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- This creature
is the second largest rodent in the world. He can be found only in
a few places in the world, including North America, Scandinavia, Russia
and Geneva.
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- Years ago,
beavers were hunted for their fur, musk glands and tail. People wore
the fur, made perfumes and medicines from the musk glands and ate
the tail.
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- Beavers live
in lodges which they build in rivers and streams from small trees
and mud. They build a dam first, then the lodge which looks like a
dome on top of a pile of wood. The entrance is under the water which
keeps out other animals. Beavers can stay under water for about fifteen
minutes.
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- A beaver might
live for 19 years, and weigh 60 pounds and get to a length of four
feet. They mate for life and are very social animals, living and working
together with other beavers.
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- They eat fresh
bark, water plants, berries and fruit. Their large front teeth help
them chew through the bark of trees, both to build their lodge, and
to eat the bark.
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- After being
hunted almost to extinction, the beaver population has survived.
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