Posted on 02/23/2007 6:06:28 PM PST by holymoly
NEW YORK - Beavers grace New York City's official seal. But the industrious rodents have not been seen in the flesh here for as many as 200 years — until this week.
Biologists videotaped a beaver swimming up the Bronx River on Wednesday. Its twig-and-mud lodge had been spotted earlier on the riverbank, but the tape confirmed the presence of the animal itself.
"It had to happen because beaver populations are expanding, and their habitats are shrinking," said Dietland Muller-Schwarze, a beaver expert at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. "We're probably going to see more of them in the future."
Must... resist... urge... to... make... bad... joke.
Global warming!
I thought Britney was in Ca.?
ROTFL!!
This guy was last seen headed towards NYC.
Beaver spotted???
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2249273.stm
When Rush read this today it was all he could do to stifle breaking out in laughter.
Nope,
not gonna do it.
It wouldn't be prudent.
,,LOL.....now that is bad......
......LOL.....Hope they all get it....
Well, it's Friday and thanks to global warming, there is a blizzard of biblical proportion bearing down on the midwest as you read this.....
So, let's let 'er rip......
;-)
Gee, I was just going to suggest that they send him over to scare the rats that are infesting the Taco Bell...but you guys are being naughty...
On a somewhat more serious note, one would think NYC habitat is about as shrunken as it could get.
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