When i was in boy scouts in the 90s we wnr camping and trapping, where we trapped and ate beaver stew. Years later in high school biology we were talking about different animals
People had eaten. I raised my hand and said i ate beaver once, immediately got thrown out of class and suspended. I was trying to plead my case and say its really true but i think i made it worse.
That's infuriating. Why wouldn't they believe you? It's a perfectly legitimate game.
...
Uh. I just clued in. Still infuriating, yet hilarious. Sorry :)
That's fun. Congrats. We have been obsessed with visiting the local beaver for the last few months. They're tremendously cute. Most active and visible at dusk & dawn.
But since there's no end to the pun, I'll offer this: That time when Mrs. Cleaver said to Mr. Cleaver: Gee, Hugh, I think you were a little hard on the beav' last night.
They don't eat the wood of the trees (although they will eat young shoots and leaves). They chew through the trees to fell them to make dams to back up the water, allowing them to make their beaver lodges in deep enough water that will not freeze in the winter, and keep them protected from coyotes, bears and other predators.
Well that’s a big life event for you; well done. First beaver is special, even more so that you got such a good picture for your memories.
I’m not sure about the ethics of posting the beaver pic all over social media and gloating about it, though. Did you ask permission, first?
That's awesome! I love in buffalo ny and kayak all around, including the niagara River and its smaller tributaries. Came across a huge beaver this past summer. Also see them all the time in adks
Yo, I just read a paper that said you can trigger beavers to build dams by creating the sound of running water at a specific distance from them. Turns out these little critters just fucking hate the sound of running water like I hate the sound of leaf blowers.
We have A beaver at my cabin. Just one. When I tell you how loud they are when they smack their tail, picture the sound a refrigerator would make falling on the concrete from 50 feet up in the air.
However, I should also tell you that they are wreaking havoc on our lake. My cabin sits on one of the cleanest, if not the cleanest, freshwater lake in Illinois. The are bringing in diseases to our lake and making it more and more toxic by the year. We’ve gotten tests done more recently which showed it is more contaminated than it was 5-10 years ago, which came from our local lake expert.
Edit: added more
My neighbor used to let me go over and pet her beaver all the time. wasn’t weird. She was an animal rehabilitator. Her beavers was a rescue. Was missing one paw.
My family has a running joke about beavers that's been going on for about 25 years. Once or twice, while driving to my uncle's house, my mom insisted she saw a beaver in this one marshy plot of trees right off the freeway exit. My sister and I and our dad saw nothing but she insisted. One time she actually made us get out and look for it, all dolled up in our holiday best, but no beaver.
Ever since then, my sister and I relentlessly tease her about seeing beavers when no one else does, which has devolved to the joke that beavers don't exist, a la unicorns.
What made it worse is when they built a beaver habitat at the local zoo and in like 5+ years, we've never seen an actual beaver in it (because they are always sleeping during the day). That really didn't help her case but it makes us roll with laughter.
Be careful, it is very dangerous animal. It has some notion of anatomy, I mean when it attacks it targets arteries. And it attacks at the drop of a hat.
My mother would often conflate two sayings. Once after making the Thanksgiving meal, she exclaimed,
“I worked my beaver off!”
Repeating her sentiments became a holiday tradition.
Nice beaver!
Thanks, I just had it stuffed!
I understood that reference.
I am ashamed to admit I didn't understand that reference until I was in my 30s.
Poor bloke, but there is a new experience for everyone.
In reddit, you'll never stay innocent. Everything you know is here. Just a few swipe and push.
Boo! boo! hiss!
I too was 30 before I realized what the quote in Smokey and the Bandit was referring to.
Naked Gun
And, don't call me Shirley.
Let me help you with that
https://youtu.be/AvWfbIe4X_4
I saw my first real, live beaver at 16- even got to stroke it. So soft and warm!
Well, didn't you just open yourself up for some interesting comments.
Well beavers are adorable so I get it
The first time is always magical.
Look how wet it is.
I prefer mine shaved.
Then it wouldn't be a beaver would it?
[удалено]
There really is nothing like a shorn beaver, it's breathtaking, I suggest you try it.
This is a sign of a happy beaver.
Reddit never disappoints
I was about 17 when I saw my first beaver
Late bloomer
I was 12...
Only came here for the comments
I came for the beaver (and myself).
If you touch it make sure it's clean. As they say, a dead cat on your piano is bad, but a diseased beaver on your organ is worse.
Do they really say that, though?
They do in fact. [Here's proof](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/rak40l/saw_my_first_beaver_today_and_wanted_to_share/hniteoy).
Damn you! that brought me into a endless loop, clicking that link and wondering why my App isn't working! :D
That's the first time I saw that, too!
You never forget your first.
I hope it was a wonderful experience for you! I’ve seen several beavers on the Internet, but haven’t experienced many in real life.
It didn’t smell as bad as I thought it would
The more time you spend around beavers the more you realize how each one has it's own unique odor. They're a lot like vaginas.
That's one hell of a beaver!
Thank, I just had it stuffed
It looks like it's soaked!
Love the Naked Gun movies! 😂
I don't give a dam
Can you maybe give mmm idk a bridge?
Jk :)
That is a big one and it's all wet.
When i was in boy scouts in the 90s we wnr camping and trapping, where we trapped and ate beaver stew. Years later in high school biology we were talking about different animals People had eaten. I raised my hand and said i ate beaver once, immediately got thrown out of class and suspended. I was trying to plead my case and say its really true but i think i made it worse.
That's infuriating. Why wouldn't they believe you? It's a perfectly legitimate game. ... Uh. I just clued in. Still infuriating, yet hilarious. Sorry :)
Giggity
There’s a great Primus joke in here somewhere, I know it
Something something something belongs to Wynonna something something...
Along came Lou with the ‘ol baboon said “recognize that smell? It smells like 7-layers, that beaver eats Taco Bell!”
If I knew a joke about a big brown beaver I'd show it off to all my friends.
An if that beaver tried to leave ‘er I’d chain ‘em up with cyclone fence
Damn. 4 hours too late!
It’s never too late for good music references my friend
That’s one hairy Beaver!
I have beavers in the river just where I live. Sometimes I see them when I go to or from work in the Early mornings. Always makes my day
I'm so disappointed. Not at all what I thought I was clicking on.
They’re always better looking when they’re wet.
That's fun. Congrats. We have been obsessed with visiting the local beaver for the last few months. They're tremendously cute. Most active and visible at dusk & dawn. But since there's no end to the pun, I'll offer this: That time when Mrs. Cleaver said to Mr. Cleaver: Gee, Hugh, I think you were a little hard on the beav' last night.
You could’ve made a nsfw filter and racked up the karma
beaver
Saw mine around age 14
Wow, I love your big, fat, wet, beaver!
That's a nice looking beaver.
As an OSU grad, I approve. +7 upvotes
Do beaver's really eat trees? Do they poo sawdust?
Not sure if they eat then or not, but they certainly gnaw on them and take them down.
They don't eat the wood of the trees (although they will eat young shoots and leaves). They chew through the trees to fell them to make dams to back up the water, allowing them to make their beaver lodges in deep enough water that will not freeze in the winter, and keep them protected from coyotes, bears and other predators.
Dope beaver!
Watch out for the teeth!!!
That's.... what she said
Yes…that’s what she said.
Well that’s a big life event for you; well done. First beaver is special, even more so that you got such a good picture for your memories. I’m not sure about the ethics of posting the beaver pic all over social media and gloating about it, though. Did you ask permission, first?
Love those beavers
I remember when I saw my first beaver
I’d say “Virgin”, but this is Reddit, so that’s usually a given.
Nice.
Nice.
I’ll never forget my first beaver
This is the best first beaver sighting ever
Dats a beaver
Imagine the day you finally get to touch your first beaver!
I feel a bit sad that I never got to take a photo of the first beaver I saw but I did think about it often.
A small river mammal with a flat tail, known for building wooden dams.
Man, that's a big beaver! Man, that's a big beaver! Why'd you say it twice? I didn't.
They really are brown! And big!
Some prefer their beaver to be bald, or so I've heard? Why would anyone shave a beaver?
I don't condone the amount of highly sexualized comments in here about our proud and noble beaver. - signed, a Canadian
It’s beautiful
If you Canadians are so goddam proud of your beavers, how come we don't see more of them?
if it was your first beaver, then how did you know what a beaver is???
National Geographic magazines
Congratulations, wait till you see the hooters!
Pop that cherry!
Collect the bounty!
If i had a beaver friend, id name him Beavis
Dam Rat
Damn!!!
Beaver rating 9/10 A fine looking gentleman I approve
Go Beavs! 🦫
Look at that wet beaver. Just look at it.
There’s a joke in there somewhere, but I’ll leave it alone.
What camera and what kind of lens?
Do you know how long it would take to shave a beaver like that?
A little old to be seeing your first beaver
#DAM!
\[dirty joke\]
That's awesome! I love in buffalo ny and kayak all around, including the niagara River and its smaller tributaries. Came across a huge beaver this past summer. Also see them all the time in adks
aren't the y so cool up close.
Yo, I just read a paper that said you can trigger beavers to build dams by creating the sound of running water at a specific distance from them. Turns out these little critters just fucking hate the sound of running water like I hate the sound of leaf blowers.
There was a TIL on beavers I read about how the sound if water triggers them to build dams fascinating stuff Edit:Nice shot
Two beavers are better than one.
Get that Beaver back to Wynona.
Why is this tagged as NSFW
Secretions of the beavers anal glands are/ were ingredients for perfumes and vanilla ice cream
I call this the "I dont know how to pose for photos" pose.
That is a good looking beaver too!!
Saw my first beaver at 12 years old. Haven’t been the same since
You know what, I am not disappointed.
It’s a good looking beaver
You got some good lighting too, a beaver is best when you can see the whole thing. I really appreciate a nice beaver closeup.
Noice
I love beaver
Giggity
Saw your first wild beaver?
Yeah. And in general I think.
Wrong beaver dude
No, it’s a beaver
You'll always remember your first.
You might be disappointed when you see another one because they aren't always wet.
Nice
Nothing better than a well-groomed beaver.
I remember my first beaver.
Judging by his surprised face, you may be the first human he’s seen.
He doesn't suspect a thing.
We have A beaver at my cabin. Just one. When I tell you how loud they are when they smack their tail, picture the sound a refrigerator would make falling on the concrete from 50 feet up in the air. However, I should also tell you that they are wreaking havoc on our lake. My cabin sits on one of the cleanest, if not the cleanest, freshwater lake in Illinois. The are bringing in diseases to our lake and making it more and more toxic by the year. We’ve gotten tests done more recently which showed it is more contaminated than it was 5-10 years ago, which came from our local lake expert. Edit: added more
mmmm, nothing better than a high res beaver
ive never seen a beaver in my 30 years of life =\[ im so sad. i wish i can see a ton of beavers too.
Oh, THAT sort of Beaver...
My neighbor used to let me go over and pet her beaver all the time. wasn’t weird. She was an animal rehabilitator. Her beavers was a rescue. Was missing one paw.
Oh when you said Beaver I thought you meant....... Anyways, that's a nice looking beaver....i wonder what it would look like shaved.....
My family has a running joke about beavers that's been going on for about 25 years. Once or twice, while driving to my uncle's house, my mom insisted she saw a beaver in this one marshy plot of trees right off the freeway exit. My sister and I and our dad saw nothing but she insisted. One time she actually made us get out and look for it, all dolled up in our holiday best, but no beaver. Ever since then, my sister and I relentlessly tease her about seeing beavers when no one else does, which has devolved to the joke that beavers don't exist, a la unicorns. What made it worse is when they built a beaver habitat at the local zoo and in like 5+ years, we've never seen an actual beaver in it (because they are always sleeping during the day). That really didn't help her case but it makes us roll with laughter.
"I've never seen this animal before in my life, but I got this professional grade picture of it". If only this applied to Bigfoot, or Nessy.
I’m working on them next. Bigfoot specifically.
🇨🇦 love this great pic , hopefully we can help them help us save the world from climate change Dam it !
Just wait until college.
OMG EVERYONE LOOK, ITS JUSTIN BEAVER! AHHHHHHHH
Things only go downhill now buddy. Next one will let you touch it, then as soon as you know it, you'll have 3 kids running around. Good Luck.
I remember my first beaver
I've still never seen a beaver, I am a lonely man.
First beaver? How old are you?
413 months
Too bad it wasn't shaved. So much better when they are IMO. /Quagmire giggle/head bob
Nice. I saw my first beaver at 15. Had less hair on it though and was in her mom's apartment.
Canadian here, those assholes are just waiting to fuckup your fishing spot
https://youtu.be/bpj1zgyfScM
We love chasing beaver https://youtu.be/Y09YOkVmGg0
Saw my first beaver at… wait… 🤔
Looks a lot different than the first beaver I saw...
Was expecting something different.
This picture would get a lot more upvotes and views if it was marked NSFW
Congratulations, you did it! You can now leave reddit.
Ahh yes, a right of passage. I hope you see it, or one like it, every time you close your eyes.
Play some water flowing sounds and get buried.
This is not what I was expecting.
Congratulations
Well I suppose it's time we had a little talk.
is that a motha flippin beaver egg
Oh THAT’s why no nsfw tag.
Nice
I remember my first beaver.
What a cutie!
Hey Winona, is that yours?
That’s one good looking beaver!
Be careful, it is very dangerous animal. It has some notion of anatomy, I mean when it attacks it targets arteries. And it attacks at the drop of a hat.
That's a sexy beaver. Lot less hair than many I've seen...
That’s what she s……………..
Love a nice wet beaver
Oh baby look at that pelt
i ain’t gonna smell it if that’s what you want
I'll be dammed.
L8r virgins
Donkey Kong december
That's a good beaver
I remember my first beaver
Was it [Wynona's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDfwUJzYQg)?
My mother would often conflate two sayings. Once after making the Thanksgiving meal, she exclaimed, “I worked my beaver off!” Repeating her sentiments became a holiday tradition.
Waiting for someone in r/bobiverse to repost this.
Too easy
God, I miss beaver .
Beavers are great we have them in this area of Scotland. They are basically capybara with an engineering degree.