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A beaver is a herbivore. They might nibble on mussels for calcium. Muskrats are what is eating the mussels, no doubt in my mind, as simple as it might be. Been trapping all my life off and on as my father. You always see mussels on the river bank and lake shores in what we call feed beds for muskrats. They do get washed into deeper water. Racoons do swim as well, ask any coon hunter that uses dogs, they will actually drown a dog by getting on top of their heads. you have to be careful when hunting racoons around water with dogs. Sure they likely do not swim regularly but they do swim and very well. Sorry to dispute you Fred as I do respect your knowledge. All the best, Darrell ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On Fri, 16 May 2014 17:33:22 -0400, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: On 5/16/2014 4:53 PM, Fred Schueler wrote: > > > In any event, it would be good to scoop up a common > > plastic garbage bag full of the shells (emphasising diversity in shape > > if you don't know the species), and deposit them in the NS Museum, so > > future investigators will be able to figure out whatever they can about > > the event. > > * that should have been "common plastic grocery bag." One hundred > shells would be good for a sample, but 4,000 would be excessive. > > fred. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ > study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > >
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