QTPie's Critters #11 - Beaver Traditional Cache
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QTPie's Critters #11 - Beaver
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QTPie's Critters 11th edition is ...the Beaver.
Located between Beaver Bottom and Beaver Creek Road on KY 80 .
Beavers are more than intriguing animals with flat tails and
lustrous fur. American Indians called the beaver the "sacred
center" of the land because this species creates rich habitats for
other mammals, fish, turtles, frogs, birds and ducks. Since beavers
prefer to dam streams in shallow valleys, much of the flooded area
becomes wetlands. Such wetlands are cradles of life with
biodiversity that can rival tropical rain forests.
Besides being a keystone species, beavers reliably and economically
maintain wetlands that can sponge up floodwaters (the several dams
built by each colony also slows the flow of floodwaters), prevent
erosion, raise the water table and act as the "earth's kidneys" to
purify water. The latter occurs because several feet of silt
collect upstream of older beaver dams, and toxics, such as
pesticides, are broken down in the wetlands that beavers create.
Thus, water downstream of dams is cleaner and requires less
treatment.
Beavers' ability to change the landscape is second only to humans.
But that is just one reason why we find the flat-tailed species
fascinating.
Wildlife rehabilitators find beavers to be gentle, reasoning beings
who enjoy playing practical jokes. Tree cutting is part of nature's
cycle, and beaver pruning stimulates willows, cottonwood and aspen
to regrow bushier than ever next spring. After eating, beavers use
the peeled sticks to build a teepee-like lodge (house) on the shore
and/or a dam.
By damming streams, beavers often raise the water level to surround
their lodge with a protective moat, and create the deep water
needed for winter food storage in northern climes. While other
wildlife endure wintertime cold and hunger, beavers stay warm in
their lodges with an underwater food cache of branches nearby. A
beaver colony, can consist of six or more, including parents,
yearlings and kits, yet they peacefully coexist in a lodge with
underwater access to the iced-up pond for four months or more in
the North.
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