Quiz: Disperser Badge: Becoming a beaver expert

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Dispersal is the most dangerous time in a beavers life. What is a “disperser”?
- A beaver that steals
- The name for an orphaned beaver
- A beaver with no brothers or sisters
- A beaver that explores its territory
- A 2-3 year old beaver that leaves its colony to seek its own territory
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Have you watched our beavers swim? How do they propel themselves in water?
- They swim mostly with their front paws.
- They paddle primarily with their back webbed feet.
- They just swish their tails.
- They use all of these at once.
- They just float downstream.
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Skip Lisle lowered the dam by three feet to install a flow device in January. What triggers a beaver to make repairs on a dam?
- The sound of running water.
- The site of holes in the dam.
- The depth of the water near the lodge
- It’s instinct, they do it for no reason
- They never repair the dam, they just start over
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Beavers are uniquely suited to their environment. Which of these is NOT a special adaptation beavers have for their life in the water?
- A third eyelid so they can close their eyes and still see underwater
- The ability to close their nostrils and ears
- A membrane behind their mouth that allows them to work underwater
- The location of all their senses so they sit above the waterline.
- Echo-location
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Beavers have been called a Keystone species, a Wetland Engineer and a Surrogate Species. Why did Native Americans call the Beavers the Sacred Center?
- Because they thought humans descended from beavers
- Because they thought beavers were selfish
- Because they observed that a beaver dam brought fish, otter and other species that were necessary for survival
- Because natives relied so heavily on beaver meat
- Because beaver fur was essential to native life

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Disperser Badge: Becoming a beaver expert

Dispersal is the most dangerous time in a beavers life. What is a “disperser”?

Have you watched our beavers swim? How do they propel themselves in water?

Skip Lisle lowered the dam by three feet to install a flow device in January. What triggers a beaver to make repairs on a dam?

Beavers are uniquely suited to their environment. Which of these is NOT a special adaptation beavers have for their life in the water?

Beavers have been called a Keystone species, a Wetland Engineer and a Surrogate Species. Why did Native Americans call the Beavers the Sacred Center?

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