Beware the beaver. The beaver’s iconography was borne out of martyrdom. A 2017 story in Maclean’s titled Canada’s beaver problem contends that over the 200 years or so of Canada’s beaver trade, some 40 to 60 million beavers were massacred for hats and perfumes. (The same article also features a Manitoba man claiming that a beaver using its tail as a springboard to soar into the air tried to hunt him down.)
I love that! Especially in times when large rodents like creatures are often disease carriers, even though more likely they are lab victims, I love seeing appreciation for the beavers as detoxifiers of our waters.
Hi Charles! News about the Big Nickel in Sudbury (from a native, unfortunately). M. Robideau got it wrong. Oddly enough, there is no beaver on the Big Nickel.
I love that! Especially in times when large rodents like creatures are often disease carriers, even though more likely they are lab victims, I love seeing appreciation for the beavers as detoxifiers of our waters.
Hi Charles! News about the Big Nickel in Sudbury (from a native, unfortunately). M. Robideau got it wrong. Oddly enough, there is no beaver on the Big Nickel.