8) Beaver

A beaver’s tail is flat and wide, flapping in the water, its hind-feet are webbed. It is a graceful swimmer. Beavers are often defamed with alleged tales of destruction, but they only cut down plants to reach the fresh foliage and build large dams if there isn’t already an existing pond. Two years ago a beaver was swimming in the waters of Tiergarten for many weeks, he was a young male who came down from Spandau climing up the banks of the Spree. Somebody saw him along the Straße des 17. Juni. He nibbled at a few plants in Tiergarten and was going to stay. In the morning of June 22 he was found dead. Derk Ehlert, the wild animals’ speaker in the Senate, said that he was killed by a human. In April this year another beaver was seen swimming in Tiergarten at dusk.

A beaver’s tail is flat and wide, flapping in the water, its hind-feet are webbed. It is a graceful swimmer. Beavers are often defamed with alleged tales of destruction, but they only cut down plants to reach the fresh foliage and build large dams if there isn’t already an existing pond. Two years ago a beaver was swimming in the waters of Tiergarten for many weeks, he was a young male who came down from Spandau climing up the banks of the Spree. Somebody saw him along the Straße des 17. Juni. He nibbled at a few plants in Tiergarten and was going to stay. In the morning of June 22 he was found dead. Derk Ehlert, the wild animals’ speaker in the Senate, said that he was killed by a human. In April this year another beaver was seen swimming in Tiergarten at dusk.