Beaver are one critter that never stops growing. Today he is standing on the ground chewing on that tree, in mid winter he may be chewing on it 2 or 3 feet higher because of snowpack. they don't kill trees until they are ready to,(they may not even know when they ate killing them, they like the live inner bark.) they won't griddle them all the way around. By leaving some live bark on one side of the tree, it stays alive. It looks like they are cutting the tree to fall one direction, but not so, they have no idea where or when it will fall, they are often killed by the falling trees they knock over. When they cut into a tree of any size, how well do you think that tree will stand up to a strong wind?
The beaver in the pic looks like a yearling, Give him 10 years he will be 50 or more lbs and stand 4 feet or more on his hind legs. There teeth never stop growing either.
On another note once your land is flooded by beaver it is wetland. Think about how much the government likes wetlands. If you let them flood your land you could be prevented from ever returning it to useable land or fined out the wazoo if you do.
I too am an animal lover, i love to see them in the mountains or the flatland. Most go very well with barbecue sauce. The hind leg of beaver are like way oversized turkey legs, for size, but sirloin or tender lion, for a meat comparison. A wire around the bone tied to a stick over a fire for a a spell with a fresh killed head of iceberg lettuce. Now that is a good meal.
On another side note I too talk with God often, I am not special but he often answers very clearly. But on meat I don't wast his time He gave people meat eater teeth, not cud chewer teeth. Stay safe out there.
Cool pics.
