Beavers are interesting animals with strange habits. They are smart and clean. They think ahead for the winter and have special talents.

Beavers

Beavers are interesting animals that live by riverbanks. They build homes called lodges on the riverbank. They are omnavores that feed on bark and other plants. They store food for the winter on drying racks, They have thick fur that insolates them in cold water.

Habitat

The beaver lives in canada, he northern United Sates,soem parts of Europe and Asia. The beavers live on sides of riverbanks in lodges that are half above and half below the water. Beavers build lodges make of twigs, sticks and mud. Beavers sometimes burrow small caves inside the riverbank. The beavers can also change the water level of the river by building a dam to make the water deeper.

Description

Beavers can grow to be from three to four feet long. Beavers can weigh from fourty to sixty pounds with webbed feet and a flat thin tail. Beavers have thick soft fur that insolates them in the cold water. The fur holds warm air in close to the beavers body when and keeps it close so the beaver can swim in very cold water. The beacer is a very clean animal and combs its hair with its hind legs. The beavers glands produce oil while the beaver is cleaning itself to keep the beavers fur shiny and clean.

Diet

Beavers are omnivores. They feed on bark, leaves, roots, and twigs. They also eat water plants, small shrubs, cottonwood, willow, oak, aspen beach, alde, hickory, and birch trees. Beavers harvest food that they will store for the winter. Some of the food they find they put near there lodge for a later use. The beaver that the beaver keeps in its loge it puts on a drying rack. When they need food they pass it out.