![]() They inadvertently create huge amounts of habitat for other creatures as well. The classic beaver behaviour is that they build dams to create ponds and wetlands that provide shelter and food. He also writes about becoming part of a growing coalition - AKA the Beaver Believers, subject of an eponymously named feature-length documentary - that works to restore their populations and make the scientific case for doing so.īut what's so special about beavers anyway? And that these “ecosystem engineers” can help humans fight drought, improve water quality and even address climate change. In Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, Goldfarb makes the case that the near eradication of these once ubiquitous rodents had a profound impact on the North American continent’s landscapes and ecosystems - and by extension the environments of Europe and Asia. "Most of us can’t comprehend what North America looked like before fur traders arrived, trapping millions of beavers from the continent’s rivers and lakes." ![]()
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