It’s Sunday, and this was a helluva week. I finally got my 87 year old mother a vaccine appt. and I’m hopeful we’ll even be able to get her a second dose. Time to relax, unwind and snuggle up with the very cutest beaver video you are ever likely to see. This one from Florida.

Beaver ‘resting comfortably’ after rescue from water treatment facility

A beaver was rescued from a storm water treatment facility in Florida after finding itself trapped and disorientated. Wildlife rescuers lifted the 20lb beaver to safety on Tuesday. Brian Weinstein, from St Francis Wildlife Association, and volunteer Larry Folsom used a long catch pole and net to lift the animal out of the water.

Trapped beaver! It’s not enough that beavers in Florida have to contend with ALLIGATORS, rotten heat and mosquitoes. Now they have to get rescued from water treatment plants too!

The animal welfare association said: “The beaver is exhausted after its ordeal but resting comfortably.

“It will be released in safe beaver habitat on Upper Lake Lafayette when it regains its strength and fur quality with the natural oils that provide water resistance.”

The local fire department was called to the rescue, alongside animal control officers. After it was rescued, the beaver was transported to the St Francis Wildlife Association rehabilitation centre in Quincy, Florida.

When I was a kid growing up my sisters used to say that when things were cuter than you could possibly stand they gave you ‘teethgrits‘ because the ensuing cries of adoration they summoned made you clench your jaw so hard they ground together.

If you have no idea what that feels like get ready to find out.

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You’re welcome.