Beaver Control & Removal
There are no beavers in Orlando Florida! Beavers range throughout most of North America and Canada, but not down into Florida. Maybe a few scattered specimens in northern Florida. Regardless, they
are a common nuisance species for the following reasons:
- They cause flooding with their dams.
- They chew down trees.
- That's about it, as far as I know.
The flooding of farms, roads, and property is the real problem, from what I've heard.
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The beaver, Castor canadensis, is a large aquatic rodent. It's the largest rodent in North America, with some specimens reaching up to 80 lbs. They have webbed toes for swimming, and a broad paddle tail for
paddling. They have strong, sharp teeth, with which they chew down trees (up to 200 per year). They are excellent engineers, and build dams - in order to create pond habitat, lodges to live in, and canals to
travel by. They eat wood and twigs and bark and sometimes leafy greens. They keep mates for life, and mate in winter and give birth to 3-4 young in late spring.
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