| The beaver uses its flat tail to warn other beavers of danger by slapping the water surface before diving. |
| So-called open-root teeth are common to animals that gnaw, such as beavers. |
| Modern beavers are found in North America, northern Europe, and northern Asia. |
| Sycamores naturally grow in river bottoms, and beavers use the young trees for dams and houses. |
| The first beavers could arrive in Britain by autumn and would be released after six months in quarantine. |
| At the Farmington River we found several trees that were gnawed on by the beavers. |
