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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 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
What does aremus from the book Sign of the Beaver mean?
As used in the fictional novel The Sign of the Beaver (1983), it means dog.
Where is the Beaver Falls Historical Society in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania located?
The address of the Beaver Valley Historical Society is: Po Box 105, Beaver, OH 45613
How many pounds of food does a beaver eat a day?
This depends on the species of otter, generally speaking otters have a high metabolic rate and require large amounts of food to generate body heat, river otters eat 15% to 20% of their body weight every day, sea otters can eat as much as 25lb. (11kg.) or 25% to 30% of their weight a day.
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How do beavers protect themselves against predators?
A beaver has a few ways to protect itself. Its first line of defense is, of course, to be well-hidden from predators. It has a good, hidden-from-view place to stay inside its dam. The dam is out in the water, and the beaver den is part of the dam. Very few predators know about the den inside the dam. And if they learn about the existence of the den, it's practically unreachable in the water. Some animals will swim out to the dam and try to get at the beavers there, but I don't think very many succeed. If a predator (let's say a bobcat is after our beaver) should get to the dam out in the water, they next have to break into the den from above. The beavers have sharp front teeth! (Strong enough and sharp enough to cut down trees!) They can discourage a bobcat from continuing to try to break into the dam. If a beaver should be caught out in the open by a bobcat, he can whack! that bobcat a mighty blow with his tail! Say the bobcat gets an opening, and grabs the beaver's tail. He starts dragging the beaver away, but the beaver fights back with his big front teeth, and his claws on the front legs! I think there would have to be several bobcats that can gang up on the beaver in order to win this fight! The beavers would help each other, too. If another beaver is near, he would help the first beaver get away, then join him.
What is the size of the Eurasian beaver?
I'm sorry, I am going to answer this properly, but do yourself a favor and, oh, well, nevermind. When I tried to research a dress I bought by someone named Kate Beaver, you wouldn't believe the irritating responses I read. Beavers are large North American or Eurasian rodents. Their claim to fame as an animal species is their cleverness in using their teeth, along with their brains, in the building of their fantastic fortresslike homes. Beavers grow throughout their lives. It is not uncommon to find them maxing out at over fifty pounds. Females are at least the same size as the males, if not larger, something uncommon in mammals. There was once a prehistoric North American Giant Beaver. I will only touch lightly upon this subject to note it was the size of a small bear. It disappeared during the Holocene Extinction, about thirteen thousand years ago, give or take a week. Chew on that.
Are beavers and wood chucks the same?
Distantly, in that they're both mammals. However, biologists group them in different orders: beavers are Rodentia; otters are Carnivora. Otters are actually more closely related to weasels and badgers than they are to beavers.
How much wood does a beaver eat?
Well it just depends really, if its oak then probaly not much! it turns out oak can give the little beavers serious gas!! But if they are eating beech then they could happily spend upto 8 hours a day scoffing down some nice beech, especially as its a lighter wood in colour it doesnt pack as many calories.
What organism has powerful teeth and strong jaws to cut down large trees?
This sounds like a description of a beaver.
How much wood can a woodchopper chop if a wood chopped could chop wood?
A wood chopper could chop as much wood as a wood chopper could chop wood.
