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KoinKoin t1_it4ti24 wrote

Reply to comment by Splatulance in Is building dams a learned behaviour for beavers? by Snoo-82132

Also to trap fish in that pond, no?

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Aggropop t1_it6gjtb wrote

Beavers are rodents, like mice and rats, and as such are herbivores. They might eat an occasional insect or similar, like squirrels do, but they don't hunt.

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Doc_Eckleburg t1_it6vzwu wrote

Tbf mice and rats are not great comparisons, those guys will eat anything including each other given half a chance. Rabbits and voles maybe?

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SquirrelFear1111 t1_it6tav2 wrote

No Beavers stash leafy branches underwater to munch on. However their ponds do tend to accommodate fish as well and so often otters and other fish eaters will use the ponds as well.

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