[NatureNS] beaver - size estimation

Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:54:46 -0300
From: Stephen Shaw <srshaw@DAL.CA>
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Hi again Billy, or anyone else,
As an afterthought on a recent reply from me about this, could an experienced
woodsman tell the approximate size of the beast from the spacing of its gnaw
marks?  Somebody must have looked into this in the past.

One of the diagonally cut alder stems had 8 fairly parallel gnaw marks. These
were not fully regular (each was not the exact same width), but they were
spaced on average 3.75 millimeters apart (a bit over 1/8 inch, more like 5/64"
if you prefer inches).
Would that be a little beaver or a big sucker?
Steve, Halifax


Quoting bdigout@seaside.ns.ca:
>    Earlier, I sent a reply indicating beaver...  If Chocolate Lake was in
> Cape Breton, then beaver would have been the only choice; since we
> have no porcupines.
>   Because only muskrat and beaver were mentioned, was there any
> indication the culprit came from the water, or was there no visible
> sign of directionality?
> Billy


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