Beaver Trust @beavertrust.org · Jun 30 Across Britain, beaver kits (now 4-6 weeks old) are starting to emerge from the lodge, swimming in an adult’s wake or riding on a tail 🦫 Kits are born with open eyes, a dense coat and small incisors, dependent on their family, learning skills in the lodge. [1/2]
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Kits can take up to three months to be fully weaned, so families aren’t translocated until the kits are independent. These births contribute to natural expansion, and translocations to new catchments can help restore beavers at the scale needed for nature and climate resilience. [2/2]