Trail use concerns: Dog caught in beaver trap
Just once I would like to see an article with a headline, “Beaver caught in Beaver trap” – as if that were important enough to make the news. But this was scary for the dog and the owners.
They need to clearly mark when they do this, and beavers need to learn to read. Or better yet, just don’t do this.
Michael Pollock wrote that he was very excited to stumble across this article last night, from this June’s Southeast Naturalist. I was less surprised, and I’m sure you know why.
An Unusual Beaver (Castor canadensis) Lodge in a Louisiana Coastal Marsh
Ruth M. Elsey1,*, Steven G. Platt2 and Mark Shirley3
Abstract
In Louisiana, Castor canadensis (North American Beaver) rarely occur in coastal marshes and are far more common in forested wetlands. We recently observed a North American Beaver lodge in a coastal marsh that was constructed partly of commercial lumber, possibly made available by recent hurricanes. The animals may have used lumber for lodge construction due to the dearth of trees or other woody vegetation in coastal marshes. This observation points to the adaptability of North American Beaver when choosing materials for lodge construction
Remember that in Martinez California we’ve seen our tidal beavers build lodges and dams using golf clubs, lumber, trash, and prosthetic legs. More than once. And nobody published that in a paper.
Hrmph.
