Choppa is missing! This beaver that was taken as a kit to live in the Kansas zoo has made a dash for it, through the bars, under the fence, over the bank and into the sweet sweet waters of freedom. Apparently visiting children love him, but he’s three years old now, and obviously impatient to begin adult life. Everyone could see he was planning his escape, waiting for that single inattentive moment. Hormones are powerful things.
(Something tells me he’s ready for a little ‘beaver’ of his own, now.)
I shouldn’t laugh, but it’s kind of irresistible. Look what happened to the weather reporter when he saw the story.
To be honest, I was quite worried about Choppa‘s story until I saw the inviting waterway he escaped into. As long as he’s not on the highway that beaver will be fine. It is true that parents teach kits a great deal. But not everything. The Nature vs Nurture dilemma is quite evident in beaver life. Beavers that grew up in very wide rivers and never built dams have been known to build them excellently when they are relocated to smaller streams. He’ll figure it out, I think.
The most dangerous part of his life is that the escapee will be located in Kansas. Don’t go east or (god forbid) south little Choppa. Head west for the beaver safe-houses of Colorado!
