Eve Online
24-02-2007, 05:34
NEW YORK — Beavers grace New York City's official seal. But the industrious rodents have not been seen in the flesh here for as many as 200 years — until this week.
Biologists videotaped a beaver swimming up the Bronx River on Wednesday. Its twig-and-mud lodge had been spotted earlier on the river bank, but the tape confirmed the presence of the animal itself.
"It had to happen because beaver populations are expanding, and their habitats are shrinking," said Dietland Muller-Schwarze, a beaver expert at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. "We're probably going to see more of them in the future."
Yes, you can never see too much beaver, or too many beavers. If you ask me, this is the answer to many heartfelt prayers by native New York City residents.
I'd post a link to pics, but that might not go over well with the mods.
Biologists videotaped a beaver swimming up the Bronx River on Wednesday. Its twig-and-mud lodge had been spotted earlier on the river bank, but the tape confirmed the presence of the animal itself.
"It had to happen because beaver populations are expanding, and their habitats are shrinking," said Dietland Muller-Schwarze, a beaver expert at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. "We're probably going to see more of them in the future."
Yes, you can never see too much beaver, or too many beavers. If you ask me, this is the answer to many heartfelt prayers by native New York City residents.
I'd post a link to pics, but that might not go over well with the mods.