BEAVERS!!

Earlier tis week, a twig-and-mud lodge was spotted on te Bronx River's bank, indicating that a beaver was living there. Then on Wednesday, February 21, a beaver was actually videotaped swimming up the river by Biologists. This may seem normal ad insignificant, but beavers hve not been present in the city for more that 200 years when they had disappeared because of trappers in the early 1800's. Now that that the beaver population is expanding and there is less room for habitats, more beavers are expected to be seen, says beaver expert Dietland Muller-Schwarze. The beaver that has been seen is thought to be a male, about 2 or 3 years old, and several feet long, says Patrick Thomas, from the Bronx Zoo. The animal was nicknamed "Jose", in honor of Jose Serrano, a U.S. Representative who worked to clean up the river. It is predicted that "Jose" is the first of many beavers soon to venture back to the Bronx.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/23/beaver.bronx.ap/index.html