These two young beavers look like they are playing follow the leader, as they both stopped at the same rock to leave their scent. Younger beavers participate in scent marking, but they generally aren’t great at scooping up mud while they are learning, and they don’t tend to leave as much spray as the adults. If you see a beaver carrying a huge pile of mud, it’s likely an adult who has refined its mud scooping technique over the years. Both male and female beavers participate in scent marking. Wh

In today’s beaver video, two beavers stopped directly in front of where I was sitting, and did a quick grooming session. It looks like the larger beaver is a female because one of her nipples is evident, so she must have been nursing just before this. The presence of nipples and breasts during nursing season is the only way to differentiate between a male and female beaver without doing an internal exam. #beavers #animals | Mike’s photos and videos of beavers

This was the moment a pair of beavers were released at a farm in Plymouth. It marks the reintroduction of the species to the city's landscape. The beavers, one male and one female, have now been in their new home for four weeks and have already started to make changes to the landscape. Full story: http://tinyurl.com/2daph7zd | ITV News West Country