For more than a decade I have been joking that photos of beavers wrapped up in towels in rehab were so adorable that I was going to make a calendar.
Well I’m not joking anymore.
“Just the fifth patient of 2026, this little one was found in Siskiyou County, alone, likely orphaned, and underweight with some injuries to its feet along with some minor abrasions on its nose. Now warmed up, resting, and eating well, we are guarded but optimistic for its recovery and return to the wild.”
If you’re like me you have noticed that it seems like everybody and his younger brother has been chomping at the bit to celebrate beavers or bring them closer. Now the Smithsonian is calling them fire breaks and the Outdoor magazine is saying they can save salmon. It’s like those old days in High School where you were the first one to wear a jacket from the navy surplus and suddenly everyone around you at lunch is in camo.
I never expected this headline, though.
The two dolphins rescued from the marshes of Beaver Dam Creek were released off of a beach in Dennis, according to the Wareham Department of Natural Resources.
At approximately 10:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8 the department received a call about two live stranded dolphins in the marshes of Beaver Dam Creek. The International Fund for Animal Welfare team responded with marine animal rescue trucks and volunteers to conduct the rescue.
Harbormaster Garry Buckminster told Wareham Week that the pair were examined and released within a few days of their rescue.
Dolphins are smart. Maybe they wanted to learn how to make dams too?
Over the weekend this fine educational tool made an appearance. I can’t think of anything more important for our young people to be doing. Can you?
Video Grades: 6-8
This is the single cutest thing you will ever see a beaver do.This is the single cutest thing you will ever see a beaver do. This is the single cutest thing you will ever see a beaver do.
And that’s saying something.
