Two beavers were caught on camera playing at night while a third one (in background) is gnawing a tree on the banks of the River Otter, Devon. Tom Buckley got the footage with a hidden infrared motion sensor camera. Photograph: Tom Buckley
Posted on 02/28/2014 6:24:50 AM PST by Red Badger
Footage of a family of beavers filmed in a Devon river is believed to be the first sighting of its kind in up to 500 years
A family of wild beavers has been seen in the England countryside in what is believed to be the first sighting of its kind in up to 500 years.
Three European beavers (Castor fiber), believed to be adults, have been filmed together on the River Otter in east Devon and can be seen gnawing at the base of trees, grooming themselves and playing together.
Experts said the sighting was "highly significant" as it strongly suggested a small breeding population of beavers now existed outside captivity.
European beavers were once widespread in the UK but were hunted to extinction by the 16th century in England and Wales for their fur, medicinal value and meat.
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Two beavers were caught on camera playing at night while a third one (in background) is gnawing a tree on the banks of the River Otter, Devon. Tom Buckley got the footage with a hidden infrared motion sensor camera. Photograph: Tom Buckley
That’s not a beaver. Looks more like bigfoot.
I’ve seen a lot of beavers in my time, and believe me, THAT’S a beaver!................
Since they don’t appear out of thin air....they’ve been there all the time. Idiots!!
Not necessarily.
They could have taken the Chunnel...............
NO DOUBT DUE TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.
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“I’ve seen a lot of beavers in my time, and believe me, THAT’S a beaver!................”
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You do understand that beavers are frightened of Badgers and fleen at the sight of run?
Well, a lot of beavers have run away from me..................
Not necessarily. A pregnant European beaver might have hitched a ride on some truck traveling between Europe and UK. Or somebody might have deliberately released a breeding pair from some zoo.
Sometimes, men make the STRANGEST requests....
I think you need another cup of Spice coffee this morning Atreides...
Maybe a Swallow carried them there?
Perhaps they were dropped by swallows. . .
/johnny
African or European?
Doesn’t look like the beavers we watched for when I was in high school.
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