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Beaver Trap Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [ 1 ] Some say the creek was named for the fact it was a favorite hunting ground of beavers by Indians, while others believe the creek was named for the abandoned beaver trap which was found there.
Flooding from beaver dams also damages roads and cattle pastures. [6] Ecologist Christopher Anderson, professor at the Universidad de Magallanes, has said, "The change in the forested portion of this biome is the largest landscape-level alteration in the Holocene – that is, approximately 10,000 years". [7]
A beaver's lips can close behind the incisors, preventing water from entering their mouths as they cut and bite onto things while submerged. [30] [31] The fore foot, hind foot, and tail of a beaver Beaver tail and footprints on snow. The beaver's front feet are dexterous, allowing them to grasp and manipulate objects and food, as well as dig.
The surface of beaver ponds is typically at or near bank-full, so even small increases in stream flows cause the pond to overflow its banks. Thus, high stream flows spread water and nutrients beyond the stream banks to wide riparian zones when beaver dams are present. Finally, beaver ponds may serve as critical firebreaks in fire-prone areas. [59]
The trap features a chain with a swivel snap at one end and a ring at the other; the spikes on its jaws point inward. Traps of this kind were commonly used for black bear trapping and were set with clamps (these types are not used any more) Setting and triggering a "gin" or foothold trap, demonstrated at the Black Country Living Museum
The beaver (genus Castor) is a primarily nocturnal, large, semi-aquatic rodent in the Castoridae family. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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Skull of a beaver. Castoridae is a family of rodents that contains the two living species of beavers and their fossil relatives. A formerly diverse group, only a single genus is extant today, Castor.