Beaver Eating a Branch (2024)

This interesting video helps Illustrate how beavers eat twigs, but not wood. Beavers eat cambium, which is the actively growing part of the tree. Because it is actively growing, it is softer and edible, but once it actually turns into wood, the beavers don’t eat it. The twigs and skinny branches are completely made up of soft, growing material. Once a branch is about as thick as a pencil, the inner layer is actually wood. If you watch this beaver nibbling, you’ll see that around the 45 second mark it stops eating the entire twig and starts just eating the outer layer, because the branch has become thick enough that the inside is wood. It is very impressive to see how quickly, they can eat the outer layer from the branch, leaving the wood behind. #wildlifephotography #beavers #beaver

[@My_Voice_For_The_Voiceless]

How Nibbles the beaver got her name - origin story.❤ Thanks for the videos and the inspiration. I want to be you when I grow up!

[@user-vh4cv3nm3r]

Wow what a great video Mike. I love how close up we are to the beaver and how focused the beaver is on chewing 🤓😊🍩

[@ChristinaProticMotivation]

So cute. Your videos and Instagram posts are great.🦫❤

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

thank you for sharing these monchmonchmonchmonchmonchmonch sounds with us, Mike

[@decyattysyachpchyol]

They eat branches like cartoon characters eat Copenhagen on the cob.

[@ParasocialCatgirl]

Reminds me of my dog.

[@confuseatronica]

the bird in the background sounds like a middle aged lady being stabbed :O