The beavers are rallying in Sweden, multiplying and repossessing old habitat. The other day I rode my bike to Lake Källtorpssjön and photographed some beaver work.
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Ahem.... I was expecting a real beaver shot...
If you should happen to "stumble" upon a few beaver bones, please to be letting me know (me want!)...
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The bayou behind my house is a scum-covered, mosquito factory because the county no longer does beaver-dam dynamiting.