Question

How do beavers select the trees that they take down?

Answer 1

Beavers enjoy bark, buds, stems, and twigs of trees: aspen, maple, willow, birch, black alder, and black cherry trees. It's easiest for a beaver to take down a small tree because it's quicker, but they're also known to spend several days taking down a larger tree. A beaver's front teeth are growing all the time all the time, so it must constantly chew on wood to trim their teeth down.

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Answer 2

In a related question, I was recently in the Adirondacks and spotted a tree about two feet in diameter that was chewed half way through at the base by a beaver. Do they use trees that size just to sharpen their teeth, or are they actually trying to cut the tree down for construction purposes?

2 weeks ago