A beaver: to get attention they will slap the water with their tails | Helen Sullivan

The biggest beavers weigh 50kg and the males have a bone in their penis.

Beaver kits are born with their coats, and mew, squeak and cry to get attention.

Beaver fur trade was at the centre of the Beaver or Iroquois wars, King William’s war, and the French and Indian war.

Beavers themselves are fairly comfortable with conflict, once the terms have been established.