Beaver
Cumberland wildlife park Grünau loop road
Cumberland Wildpark Grünau
Grünau, Austria
1511 Visits
The gregarious beaver lives monogamous in a family group. From branches, twigs and mud, he builds "beavers" on shallow shores with access under the water surface. To keep the water level constant, the beaver builds dams. With its eye-catching teeth it can cut trees up to 80 cm thickness! The teeth have an orange enamel coating that makes the teeth hard. These grow up to 3.5 cm long and grow for a lifetime. With its dense fur and the flattened tail, the trowel, the beaver is well adapted to life in the water. It can dive up to 20 minutes.
The beaver, which had almost been eradicated in Europe, has been voted "animal of the year". He was eaten in the meatless Lent due to his "fish-like tail" and was thus highly decimated. The beaver was able to recapture only by reintroduction and strict protection measures its habitats like meadows and river landscapes. It is one of the few animals that helps shape their environment. Beavers live in caves that they dig in riverbanks, are monogamous and pure herbivores. In winter, they feed on young bark and small twigs of treetops, which they get by cutting down the trees.
Species name: Beaver
Scientific name: Castor fiber
Class: Mammals
Order: rodents
Family: Beaver
Weight: up to 30 kg
Characteristics: Squat body, short legs, webbed feet, brown to blackish-brown, very dense fur, slightly lighter on the ventral side, split cleaning claw on the second toe. Typical feature is the flattened, up to 16 cm wide hairless tail, the trowel
Did you know, that ...
the trowel of the beaver serves as a control during descent, as well as for temperature regulation and as a fat depot?
The beaver, which had almost been eradicated in Europe, has been voted "animal of the year". He was eaten in the meatless Lent due to his "fish-like tail" and was thus highly decimated. The beaver was able to recapture only by reintroduction and strict protection measures its habitats like meadows and river landscapes. It is one of the few animals that helps shape their environment. Beavers live in caves that they dig in riverbanks, are monogamous and pure herbivores. In winter, they feed on young bark and small twigs of treetops, which they get by cutting down the trees.
Species name: Beaver
Scientific name: Castor fiber
Class: Mammals
Order: rodents
Family: Beaver
Weight: up to 30 kg
Characteristics: Squat body, short legs, webbed feet, brown to blackish-brown, very dense fur, slightly lighter on the ventral side, split cleaning claw on the second toe. Typical feature is the flattened, up to 16 cm wide hairless tail, the trowel
Did you know, that ...
the trowel of the beaver serves as a control during descent, as well as for temperature regulation and as a fat depot?
all exhibitions containing this object
Similar
BG-Graspointner GmbH
Xplore Energy
2962 Visits
TVB-Mölltal © Franz Gerdl
Tourismusverband Mölltal
670 Visits
Markus Moser
WireART - Markus Moser
10316 Visits
Markus Moser
WireART - Markus Moser
11328 Visits
Giovi
Giovi Artworks
13153 Visits
Klaus Krobath
Skateshop Hammerschmid
7745 Visits
ANTI-FORM
4070 Visits
Heidi Zednik/Sigrid Reingruber
Kunst:Raum Gmunden
4864 Visits
Schweiger/Easn
Xplore Energy
15204 Visits
Marie-José Gröger
3676 Visits
Heidi Zednik
Heidi Zednik
1953 Visits
Schrift- und Heimatmuseum Bartlhaus
1647 Visits
Giovi Artworks
4937 Visits
16. Monastery and parish
Geschichte Kloster Traunkirchen
3696 Visits
Xplore Energy
12310 Visits
Christian Tanzer
Skateshop Hammerschmid
12252 Visits
ANTI-FORM
4318 Visits
Hedwig Pauwels
Schrift- und Heimatmuseum Bartlhaus
506 Visits
Markus Moser
WireART - Markus Moser
11323 Visits
Nica Junker
11721 Visits