Talk:Beaver
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extinct giant beaver?
does anyone know if there is an article on the extinct giant beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, fossils of which have been found in North America? If not, I would be interested in integrating some information here. a couple of quick google references: [2] (http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/giantbev.htm) [3] (http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/megabeasts/meet/meet_zoom3.html) [4] (http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/nalegend.html) [5] (http://www.beringia.com/02/02maina6.html) joe 134.174.153.43 20:17, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I have a question. For reasons of completeness, would it be acceptable to include the vulgar meaning that "beaver" has in American idiom? If so, I'd propose the following:
In American idiom, beaver is also a vulgar term for a woman's vagina.
Since no-one objected (and I asked nicely), this has been inserted as of 5 November 2002. Stormwriter
User 64.229.0.199 edited the common name of the Castor canadensis to read as "North American Beaver" rather than "American Beaver". This is not supported by any of authority including Common Names of Mammals of the World by Wilson and Cole. Castor canadensis is the only beaver native to the Americas, therefore "North" is not needed. Dsmdgold 16:11, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I was under the impression that beaver "houses" were actualy inside of the dams, and the entrance was underwater. Even if that isn't true, and houses are built somewhere else, it would be nice if someone could explain their living environment better in the article --Ignignot 16:53, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
- Good point. The beaver lodges are mound-shaped "piles" of twigs and branches that are within the impounded area, not in the dam. When the leaves are off the trees, I'll try to get a photo on one of them from around here. Shoulda thought of that.... Pollinator 20:40, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
Question: How do you get rid of the damn things without spending a fortune to have them trapped? fulano
Article's state
This article seems to be in a bit of a mess, with the old Britannica text separate; as well, i just noticed (as it had not been crosslinked!) that there is an article for the American Beaver, which covers much of the same material. I'm not sure of the best course from here, but please keep this in mind... Radagast 03:57, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
dams
I read a page -- elsewhere -- about the accidental introduction of North American beavers to Europe. It said that not only were North American beavers able to out-compete the already endangered European beavers, because they were larger, but they were much more of a nuisance because European beavers don't make dams.
- I don't know all the details, but the link here has a map showing North American beavers living in Finland. Not sure how/why they're there. http://www.scotsbeavers.org/Duncan%20Halley%20Report.html -- Funnyhat 22:11, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- This is another story about the problems related to introducing animals in foreign land (Okay, foreign to the animal in question) Apparently, Argentina's military rulers introduced 50 beavers in Argentina for far, but their are currently a pain in the neck. The article is really fun to read, with comical quotes of unhappy dwellers like these "And I want to tell people in other countries, who say what a cute animal the beaver is, to think before introducing it. Its only natural predator is the bear. So they should have brought the bear too." [6] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4490517.stm)
