Photo of the Day #578: Beaver

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A beaver (Castor canadensis), photographed at the National Zoo.
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Heh, classic line.

Hey, I just noticed that this is filed under "Primates."

* Quizzical raising of eyebrow *

By Stevo Darkly (not verified) on 12 May 2009 #permalink

Ooops. Must have clicked that one by accident. I don't want to start being paraphyletic with my pictures.

Although "Laelaps, the Paraphyletic Photographer" would be a cool title for ... something.

By Stevo Darkly (not verified) on 19 May 2009 #permalink