As you may know, the beaver is Canada's national animal. On first impression, it might not seem like a very cool animal... not like a tiger, bear or mythical dragon. But what other animal can make a giant house in a river, all the while sporting a big toothy smile! And once you take into consideration that the beaver stands for industry and perseverance, it actualy makes perfect sense as a national animal. The odd thing is though, I have grown up in Canada all my life and have yet to see one in the wild. My last "sighting" ended up actually being a muskrat.
Monday, February 2, 2009
collage: boy and beaver
As you may know, the beaver is Canada's national animal. On first impression, it might not seem like a very cool animal... not like a tiger, bear or mythical dragon. But what other animal can make a giant house in a river, all the while sporting a big toothy smile! And once you take into consideration that the beaver stands for industry and perseverance, it actualy makes perfect sense as a national animal. The odd thing is though, I have grown up in Canada all my life and have yet to see one in the wild. My last "sighting" ended up actually being a muskrat.
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I'm sure muskrats are cool too!
I like beavers! And my mom lives in Oregon which is known as the Beaver State.
Ooh - great collage! Love your blog. :)
That is quite interesting.
I've seen Beaver's here where I live in Connecticut.
When I was in Maine, I was able to see a beaver dam...it was really awesome, and huge!!
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When I worked at Opus' warehouse/offices over by Renfrew
there was a beaver in the creek outside the window.
We used to watch him/her swim in the water and travel through the blackberry bushes out side of our office windows.
Sadly one day we found him/her floating dead in the water. We think the creek had been flooded with chemical waste and she/he got the brunt of it.
I've also seen a dam in Red Deer where I lived for wuite a few years.
awww... so sad to hear abut the beaver TMC!
wow... it seems everyone has seen a beaver except me! lol!
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