If you’re like me, you’ve been off for the holidays so long you aren’t sure you can remember how to drive to work or get dressed in the morning. I vaguely remember that I was working on a report before Christmas. Here’s a helpful wardrobe suggestion, that shouldn’t draw too much attention in the boardroom. If you’ve been waiting until the last moment to have your end of the holidays depression, now’s the day to start. I read this morning the trapper working for our friends in Iberia is reporting killing 11-12 non-native beavers a week. That should help.
Surprisingly, they never wrote back when I contacted them with historical documents proving that beaver were native to the area. Historian Rick Lanman and author Eric Jay Dolin backed me up on the argument, but factual details really don’t matter when a city is on a beaver-killing mission, (as well we know). 11-12 beavers a week? That’s two colonies every seven days. He must be so proud. Anyone care to wager when Iberia starts to complain about the next water shortage? I vote July.
Our own beavers have some ‘back to work’ days ahead of them too when this current rainy phase passes.They trot back to the office with none of our grumbling despair and are as happy to work as they are to recreate. I’m sure they assess the damage before jumping in. If there’s damage to the base of the dam they’ll start right away, but if its just top removal they’ll wait until things calm down a bit before rolling up their metaphoric sleeves.
If you’re looking for some delightful beaver images and notes today, check out these new ‘discoveries from the BBC“. The nursing and tail-ride are fun to see up close, and they found out the beavers are social and not aggressive inside the lodge! Get out! Who knew?
For Gazette readers Cheryl’s lovely baby beaver photo appeared again to day in the year in review, which mentioned mom’s death but said she had only two offspring. Readers of this website can rest assured that she had three.
