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Beavers
The beaver and the capybara are the world's largest rodents. But beavers are related more closely to squirrels. Typical contributions include questions about this semi-aquatic animal's defensive behaviors, geographic ranges, keystone roles in pond building and wetland health, survival threats, and troubled interactions with people.
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What does a beavers webbed feet do?
Geese have webbed feet as an evolutionary adaptation for locomotion while floating on water. The webbed feet allow them to paddle around on the water.
Why are beavers so important to Canada?
Like the maple leaf, the beaver is a symbol of Canada's unity. Maple trees grow in all ten provinces and three territories. Beavers live in all ten provinces and three territories.
Furthermore, the beaver is a symbol of industiousness. It is always busy building dams and tending to them.
The beaver is also an important Canadian historical icon. Beaver pelts were an important trade item and the source of wealth in the early days of what is now Canada.
Why was the beaver war important for Canada?
beaver are important because they are a part of the ecosystem and keep Canada's food chain balanced they are a national symol and represent us they are on the nickel because of there animalness. i like beavers
What is the beaver's relative?
Other beavers.
Outside of that, the closest living relatives would be pocket gophers and kangaroo rats.
Animals that do not have internal skeletons or backbones are called?
Animals without back bones are called Invertebrates.
No, Beavers do not eat fish. Most of the beaver's diet is made up of tree bark and cambium, the soft tissue that grow under the bark of a tree. They especially like the bark of willow, maple, birch, aspen, cottonwood, beech, poplar, and alder trees. Beavers also eat other vegetation like roots and buds and other water plants. The beaver has a specialized digestive system that helps it digest tree bark. No, beavers do NOT eat fish. They are herbivores. They only eat plants. they eat leaves, bark, twigs, roots and aquatic plants.
What is the largest earthen dam in the world?
Currently the world's largest concrete dam is the Itaipu Dam, an accomplishment of two neighboring countries, Brazil and Paraguay in South America.
Though it isn't finished yet, the Three Gorges (or Sandapong) Dam on the Yangtze River in China will take over as the largest upon its completion, which is slated for 2009.
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AnswerIt is the Three Gorges Dam on the upper Yangtze River in China. This dam is still under construction. Here are some interesting facts about it:1. Forty thousand builders will work for 16 years to complete Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
2. The dam will benefit some two million Chinese by controlling flooding on the lower Yangtze River, generating hydroelectric power, and reducing pollution caused by the burning of coal.
3. The dam may also cause problems, such as causing flooding upstream, possibly causing an earthquake, displacing people, eliminating tourist trade to the area, and destroying important archaeological artifacts. Dai Qing. M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1998. If built according to plan, Three Gorges will become the world's largest dam, submerging 13 cities, 140 towns, and 1,352 villages and requiring the resettlement of 1.9 million people. The dam will also bury hundreds of archeological sites, put several highly endangered species in jeopardy, and forever deface the magnificent beauty of the Three Gorges Region. Dai Qing, a woman investigative journalist and author with a wide following in China and abroad, has assembled this collection of essays assessing the impact of Three Gorges.
How many types beavers are there?
With the exact name 'beaver', there is are ''Castor canadensis'' and ''Castor fiber'', the American Beaver and the European Beaver respectively.
They never leave behind left overs, they use their left overs for their dam.
stop hunting and make organizations to help.
That would be the case if the beaver was endangered, but beavers are common animals once again, after being greatly reduced by hunting and habitat loss decades ago. Now listed as Least Concern.
They are very nice animals if your nice to them dont try to pick up!They are cute too
not to be mean to who wrote this but i think that was not the best answer
Is it lucky for a beaver to cross your path?
Everybody has a speciel lucky sign so if you think it is it is.
What type of consumer is the beaver?
Because it eats producers (plants), and in some cases, other consumers (bugs, other animals).
How did the fur trade affect the first nations?
First Nations people relied on the land and their ingenuity
for food, clothing, utensils, and weapons. Nothing was
wasted. When French, English, and Scottish fur traders
arrived at HBC forts, they brought copper kettles, knives,
rifles, wool blankets, flour, and salted meat to trade with
the Woodland Cree and Anishinabé for furs.
Do beavers attack other animals?
Yes, it could attack you if you come to close to him/her. It uses its teeth or tail to defend itself.
How do beavers depend on plants?
Beavers are herbivores and depend on plants for everything. Food, shelter and even where they make their home. They use tree branches to build damns and create ponds, they use the same things (branches) grass and mud for building lodges for shelter and they eat the leaves and sweet inner bark of various types of trees.
If you have beavers in your yard how do you get rid of them?
Your best option is to call animal control and they will take them back to the wild
