Their Dams Can Be Enormous

In the thick wilderness of Alberta, explorer Rob Mark discovered the world ‘s largest beaver dam that stretched to 850 meters deep. It became more clear when the scientists used a satellite to image it down for better clarity. They found out that this dam was a work of many generations of beavers that started to build this dam in the 1970s. Nobody could have thought that beavers can be so hardworking.

Beavers Are Romantics At Heart

Beavers start building the dams to attract the female beavers. When they mate they don’t stop building it as they start their family in that same dam where the male beaver, female beaver, young kids, and yearlings live together all their life like a proper family. If this hasn’t proved that beavers are really special then we don’t what else could.

They Once Traveled By Parachute

In 1948, new inhabitants started to live in western Idaho and the clash between the human population and beavers started after that. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game wanted to move the beavers to a place suitable for their population but it wasn’t an easy task as they thought it would be. So they came up with a brilliant plan: They used surplus parachutes they had from the WWII. They collected the beavers in a box and parachuted them. So, beavers are most likely more adventurous than many of us.

They Have Multi-Purpose Tails

The beavers from the Ice Age didn’t have a flat tail and with time they evolved with one. This leathery tail which grows up to 15 inches long and six inches wide, is used on both lands and in the water. In waters, beavers slap their tail to alarm other beavers in the waters about the potential predators. On the land, beavers use their flat tail to sit straight up. The tail gives them the balance they need while looking for the food.

Hardworking Creature

The Beavers have the ability to take down a  whole tree and mind it, they don’t waste any parts of the tree. Being herbivores they enjoy every part of the tree, be it bark or the buds of the tree. They use the trunk and branches to build their dams and lodges. It was estimated that in the United States alone they damaged $100 million property. People see them as a problem but if we think rationally they are just surviving.
It wasn’t the beaver that day which Jim thought it might be but something else entirely that shocked him.

First Contact


As Jim and his dogs got closer to the animal, the dogs were pretty restless but surprisingly weren’t barking looking at the animal. Jim moved closer and was trying not to startle the animal. It wasn’t a beaver as he thought it was. It was a large dog struggling for his life with all his might. It seemed like he was stuck there for a very long time. Luckily, it wasn’t late and Jim was there in right to save that poor soul. Jim didn’t wait any longer and called the rescue team to help the dog.