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2 unusual facts about Eurasian beaver


Aigas Field Centre

Two Eurasian beavers were released into a 200 acre enclosure, which includes a loch and surrounding woodland.

Nutrioso, Arizona

The early Spanish colonists referred to beaver as "nutria", perhaps because the Eurasian beaver had been extinct in Spain since the 17th century.


River Tay

The first Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) living wild in Scotland in over 400 years was captured in the River Tay in 2007 because it may have been illegally released or not of the proper genetic stock.


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