Posted on 12/30/2018 7:38:41 PM PST by dynachrome
fter an absence from Italy of nearly 500 years, beavers are back.
The species, which was once widespread across Europe, has been spotted in Italy’s northerly region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
The animals are believed to have wandered over the border from neighbouring Austria or possibly Slovenia.
An adult beaver was filmed by a camera trap in a forest near Tarvisio, a town that lies in the triangle where Italy, Austria and Slovenia converge.
“The reason beavers disappeared from Italy is simple – for hundreds of years they were trapped for their fur and also prized for their meat,” Paolo Molinari, a wildlife biologist working in the region, told The Telegraph.
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Beavers disappeared in Italy because their are incompatible with the Micro Bikini
When I was studying in Mexico, the American students there were always complaining about the hairy legs on pretty Mexican women.
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