Don’t you just LOVE that beavers expression? He looks so pleased with himself. Like “Look at me, I’m eating a tree!”. How does he get these shots anyway? We never ever saw our beavers chewing down a tree and not even the homeless reported seeing it at night. They are pretty darn cautious when they do it. I guess he is crazy patient.
Do you think that little square at the top of his mouth is a tooth or a bit of woodchip that got stuck for the moment? It’s awfully big for a top tooth, and there appears to be only one of them? I’m guessing chip. At the bottom you can just see the ridge of his bottom teeth which in beavers are much longer.
I just think if you could show this photo to everyone seeking a depredation permit because beavers chewed their from yard maple, people would think twice about killing the animal for doing something that made him so very happy. And maybe feel proud that the tree they planted brought a beaver such joy!
Maybe if this photo was on a card CDFG could send them the first time they ask, with a caption on the bottom like
“Thanks for the memories”
