It is true that beaver can live in estuary’s and tolerate water as salty as 10 parts per 1000 but they are never happy when this happens, Poor little guy. Dispersal is such a hard time in a beaver life already and South Carolina is a rotten place to be a beaver under any conditions.
‘This may be a first for us’: Beaver on beach a sight for onlookers in Murrells Inlet
While visiting Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet on Wednesday, South Carolina Department of National Resources staff encountered an interesting sight: a beaver on the beach.
“We’ve seen lots of interesting things on the beach, but this may be a first for us,” the DNR posted on Facebook.
The DNR relayed that park ranger Mark Walker said the animal most likely wound up on the ocean’s shoreline while fleeing a predator, such as an alligator, in a native freshwater pond, where it’s more typical to see the species building dams and such. Walker noted the beaver would likely make its way back to its natural habitat as long as people didn’t get in the way of his trek home.
What a surprise! The DNR is totally wrong about beavers! I’m thinking that beaver departed his family somewhere along the way and used the intercoastal waterwy to get to a new home. Then found himself stranded in salt water. Hope he makes it. But often beavers that get this ‘oceaned’ need rehab.
Speaking of rehab, Cheryl wrote that a rehab buddy had attended the California Beaver Summit and really enjoyed it. She is going to add it to the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition website, as an educational tool. Which was great because I just finished Day One’s highlights reel. Of course the best rehab advice for beavers is to tell people to STOP TRAPPING THEM, but a few salty or orphaned souls will really need their care.
It was two weeks of steady work to snip out the best 35 seconds of each talk, edit into a five minute presentation. add music and snip together video but I’m happy with how it came out. Part 2 is coming in another fortnight. Feel free to share.
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