The Gigantic Gnawer

“They trapped him for his hide, ate his flesh and looked upon his incredible dams: and marveled and praised God.”      Allan Devoe Along the densely wooded stream can be heard the ceaseless sound: gnawing—gnawing of the largest rodent (the industrious beaver).  A unique appearance, indeed, has this animal of the wild with its small ears and eyes and pudgy nose in contrast to its corpulent and ungainly body and large paddle-shaped tail. The average beaver weighs approximately forty-five...