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The tree murderer at large (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/wildlifephotography@lemmy.world
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This adorable aquatic asshole took down one of the very few maple trees at my favorite island park.

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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You mean tree reuse service. Making sure entire ecosystems grow and survive. One of the most useful animals around to many others.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Certainly useful and vital. Unfortunately he's neither on this part of the river. It's a small (1/2 mile) stretch of river after a dam that is industrialized and flows to a big lake. I'm sure our DNR will relocate them upstream.

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    • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I would think they are rather small, actually.

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    [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Man, I spend so much time in a sleeping bag and I have never yet seen a beaver. I don't spend much time in beaver territory, so I was very sad this summer when I spent a week paddling their territory by canoe. Not a beaver in sight..

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I spent plenty of time on the river this year and only had two sightings. Plenty of muskrats though.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Cool! We don't have muskrats here. It's funny, I just read Helge Ingstad's book about his 4 years trapping in Northern Canada, and he writes a lot about both the beavers and the muskrats on his travels. Highly recommended book. US title is Land of Feast and Famine.

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