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We have so much dam land here but they're not supposed to just live any dam place. Need dam habitat. Sustainable woodland. A tree that size in the picture isn't food to them. That's lumber. They want those branches up high.

If you really want to see one though, up close, just have the sound of trickling water playing on a speaker. They'll think they sprung a dam leak and quickly come fix it. But just know you won't have any dam trees left. They can be really aggressive as well but normally around water they just dive under and go home.

We did hear some sploshes. We liked to think that was them diving away. There were a million signs of them at work but not a glimpse. Shame, I write like the idea of abiggish rodent swaggering about

Could send you a few muskrats if you're interested.

Is that a gun? 😀

Close. It's like a mini beaver, or a huge rat with swimming feet and a rat tail. Lives in wetlands and builds dome houses out of reeds.

That sounds quite cool!! Apart from the rat tail. Although, I used to keep pet rats so it wouldn't bother me too much!

When they're on the surface swimming, that tail makes it look like a snake is following them. Moves side to side and makes the water look trippy. Maybe they evolved from a situation involving a snake not able to fit a rat in its mouth, but I don't know because I wasn't there.