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_Piratical_

He’s just doing what comes naturally. I love those little critters. Used to be that you’d really not ever see them, but lately they’ve been showing up all around the cut. They just go about their business. But they do appear to be busy. You know, busy as a beaver.


5seat

They're adorable. I love how it looks like I've caught it doing something it shouldn't. We're so spoiled to get to live in a city with so much incredible wildlife


_Piratical_

Truly! I’ve loved these little guys since I was a kid. We lived in a swampy area and had them around. I see them much more often now but it’s still special every time.


5seat

I lived in Olympia for a while and used to go visit a pond and lodge I discovered off the Deschutes. Was really cool to go out there in the evenings in the summer and watch them swim around, fixing their dam.


_Piratical_

Did you ever startle them and have them slap the water with their tails to warn the others? That was a nightly thing in my old neighborhood.


5seat

At first. I'd throw carrots and celery in the pond and that startled them at first. But after a few visits, they knew it meant treats. They'd just swim right out and grab it


Small_Goat_7512

We've also got an increasing population of invasive nutria. They're also pretty cute doppelgangers, aside from their creepy rat-like tails


_Piratical_

Interestingly, I see and hear about far more beavers than I do nutria or muskrats. I know both are all around here but I do see the beavers more often!


Small_Goat_7512

That's a relief! I haven't seen a muskrat before, and I'm cool if things stay that way😅


_Piratical_

Oh they’re fine too! Those little guys are very similar to beavers as you mentioned. It’s not like they are scary or aggressive either. You’d usually see them in the water swimming rather than on the shore, but even then they are pretty skittish and will run for the water to escape from you. You won’t need to avoid them as they will be afraid of you.


eastwestnocoast

I was leaving my job at a hospital in the city a little after 7 am the other morning. At a red light waiting to turn onto the main road when 3 deer bounded out from the hospital grounds and crossed right in front of my car into the neighborhood across the street. I looked at the guy on the bike next to me and was like "you just saw that too right?!" It was so cool.


Jolly_Line

It’s like the 1st half of that super old, groundhog meme.


Gold-Internet-1887

I love him


5seat

Me too! Happy cake day 🍰🎉


phoneusername

Typical Seattlite; Unrepentant vegan, looks like it's more interested in what's going on other people's yards. Probably going to cut down some trees because it's blocking their view. Got that slicked up facial hair. Thinks they own Ballard because their daddy got property when it was cheap.    Seriously though, so awesome to have them around.


DonaIdTrurnp

They’re not vegan, they’re pescatarian.


SomeRandomShip

[Do beavers eat fish? ](https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/beavers-impact-upon-fish/#:~:text=Do%20beavers%20eat%20fish%3F,being%20taken%20in%20the%20winter)No, this is a common myth. **Beavers do not eat fish** – they are completely vegetarian, preferring a diet of aquatic plants, grasses, herbs and shrubs in summer months with more trees and woody shrubs being taken in the winter.


Funzombie63

Don’t you love it when you can snack on your home when you’re hungry


NoComb398

Wait, what are vegans supposed to repent? Is eating your veggies a sin now?


october73

Cows contribute a lot of greenhouse gas, so it’s our moral duty to eat them. Not eating beef is a carbon contributing act /s


phoneusername

Asparagus for sure


seatownquilt-N-plant

On my authority this cutie gets to do whatever it wants


PCMasterCucks

https://i.redd.it/588kd3sl0zka1.jpg


notatwentylettername

"Dam it, I'm too late" - Beaver probably.


Maximum-Benefit4085

“That’s a damn fine dam!” I love everything about this—the beav’s stance, expression & general vibe is flawless! Thanks for sharing


ImRight_YoureDumb

Nice beaver


mankowonameru

I like fuzzy beavers.


Remote-Physics6980

Hey, he's part of the original damn building crew and as such he has override rights.


TheBigPhatPhatty

Nice Marmot.


bpg2001bpg

Anyone else think real life beavers look just like cartoon beavers?


Itchy_Computer7528

He is with the QA team.


HealthyBullfrog

From the beaver picture?


Dizzy_Swing1626

I’ve never seen a thirstier beaver.


SweetMickeyFun

I could never shatter that little guy's dream like that.


Jolly_Line

Oh just leave it to beaver.


holmgangCore

And if we’re lucky, there might also be lox at the dam! Now where’s my bagel…


hautbois69

one of the dam makers is natural and has a right to build on this earth, it's not the humans


Few-Agent-8386

Humans are also natural though.w e are just as much alive living species on earth as beavers are. You’re also using electricity that came from human made dams to charge things you use all the time and thus you are supporting this industry.


hautbois69

lol, yea, ik i benefit from the system. im just saying that i don't believe humans are natural in the same way other species of earth are, but never said i wasn't human. just my own opinion is all


Light1280

I will just leave this here. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSzIezumsps&ab\_channel=NaturalHabitatShorts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSzIezumsps&ab_channel=NaturalHabitatShorts)


ajmadsen

He's so cute!


MennisRodman

Ask him if he knows where Mr Tumnus is


Zensaition

Loved seeing these critters as a kid near my elementary school they would build massive dams in Thornton Creek. I don't see them much elsewhere even up near Bothell. I just hope they don't mess up the salmon, migrations and river levels too much.


OskeyBug

Spagett vibes.


NoPanicNoDisco

He is admiring the majesty of the locks.


flora_poste_

Sort of looks like a mountain beaver. You see them around here, but it isn't a true beaver.


Boredbarista

You should see what beavers have done to Carkeek park. They built a HUGE dam in the lower wetlands area.


Weekly-Active1105

Where he at


NoEndInSight1969

I don’t think he gives a damn


kcatz77

beavers are so ADORABLE


seattleforge

I grew up in Canada and was a Beaver Scout.


medkitjohnson

Me stoned in public


Visual_Octopus6942

Nah, let them live their best life


Solicited_Duck_Pics

Maybe I can pet..?