Beavers - do you like them!

[polomint38]

http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/regionalnews/Bring-beaver-says-Natural-England/article-777663-detail/article.html

Good or bad what do you thin.

Both about beavers and generally on reintroduction of species.

ETA: no beaver jokes please!

[Mulder]

I'm totally behind the reintroduction of beavers. They have been reintroduced to parts of continental europe already without any problems. Their dam building habits can improve the habitat of rivers. Plus, they are seriously cute!

[polomint38]

Plus, they are seriously cute!

But don't try to pet them O0

[Tim the Mage]

I'm totally behind the reintroduction of beavers. They have been reintroduced to parts of continental europe already without any problems. Their dam building habits can improve the habitat of rivers. Plus, they are seriously cute!

I haven't checked but isn't is North American beavers that build dams? European beavers a lazy and build lodges on the bank.

[Mulder]

I haven't checked but isn't is North American beavers that build dams? European beavers a lazy and build lodges on the bank.

"The European beaver prefers burrows in river banks as a nesting place, but it will build lodges of piled logs where burrowing is not possible. It builds fewer dams than the North American beaver, and it does so generally in shallow streams to maintain water levels above the entrance to its burrow. Dams are built of tree trunks, branches and mud, and are about one metre in height and rarely longer than fifteen metres. They are usually breached by flood waters each year, and do not normally pose any obstacle to the movements of fish such as brown trout and salmon."

From http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.eb.html

They certainly cut down trees which is where they might, in theory, come into conflict with humans.