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Hi Steve, I'm not sure about spacing of teeth, but normally you can estimate the size of the beaver by the height of cuts on the trees, or in this case the alders. Beavers often cut trees while propped up on their hind feet, using their tail for balance. If the cuts are close to two feet high or more, you have a large beaver. I hope that helps. Billy > 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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