Beaver Browses Hardware Store, Can’t Find Anything Worth A Dam
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A beaver walked into an Alaska hardware store on Friday, but couldn’t find anything for his lodge. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the beaver triggered the automatic doors and walked into Lowe’s about 7 a.m. Friday.
Employees trapped the beaver with a cardboard box in the plumbing department. A state wildlife biologist was called. Ton Hollis says he’s used to wake-up calls about “a bear in town or an ornery moose or something, but this was a little different.”
Hollis released the beaver into the Tanana River, far enough from town where it won’t be a nuisance. Lowe’s assistant manager Adam Vanhoveln says the beaver didn’t cause too much of a commotion, and it didn’t reach the lumber department.
Hahaha! “Didn’t reach the lumber department!” that’s pretty funny. Thanks Rusty for sending this cute use of our name to my attention. Knowing what its like to shop the echoing caverns of Lowes, I’m going to guess he couldn’t FIND the lumber department. Or anyone to show it to him for that matter.
It’s late for dispersers. But probably not in Alaska. This little guy was just doing what beavers do when the reach a certain age. Exploring to find their own turf. Hopefully the Tanana River will be a better bet than aisle nine.
Important photo though, because if you look you can just barely make out top teeth. I can’t stress enough how rare that is. All the cartoons with those huge top teeth are funny but wrong. Once upon a time I thought this was funny but wrong. But now I realize its closer to the truth than modern images get today.
