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Darkoshi ([personal profile] darkoshi) wrote2017-05-07 11:28 pm
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weaselly little animals

It occurred to me that I wasn't clear on the differences between a badger, otter, beaver... not to mention, weasel, muskrat, mink, ferret...

Badger and Otter - best of friends (video).

Animal Identification Throwdown: Otter vs. Beaver vs. Muskrat

Animal ID Throwdown Follow-Up: Whither the Mink?

Muskrats and beavers are rodents. Most or all of the others are in the weasel family "Mustelidae".

This year, some of the trees by the pond at work have had the bark chewed off near the bottom. So I'm thinking, beavers. Though I haven't seen them.
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[personal profile] lovelymavka 2017-05-08 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Beavers are a Canadian symbol. :-p
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[personal profile] randomdreams 2017-05-09 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
When my dad was in high school, people were seriously questioning whether beaver were extinct. They were functionally extinct in Colorado. Now they're everywhere, which cheers me greatly. Kinda weird-looking: if you see one up close, you realize their front teeth are both enormous and a deep blood-red color.
I've met almost all the animals on that list socially, in the wild, except for weasels.