Feb 8, 2015 | Beavers, Mammals
This video shows an adult beaver with two of its kits feeding on alder leaves. The kits are usually born within the lodge in spring. They stay in the lodge for four or five weeks. The mother nurses them for 6-10 weeks. The kits begin to eat plant material when only...
Nov 26, 2014 | Beavers, Mammals
This video was taken in an ice covered pond in the Juneau area. It shows how a beaver swims underwater. Notice how it only uses its hind feet for swimming. In winter beavers will usually swim out of their lodge under the ice to a stash of food and bring it back into...