BEAVERS AT HOME Reel 2 · Part 3

Description

Reel 1 shows beavers in their natural habitat and describes their characteristics. Beavers cut down trees and bushes to build a dam and a home. Explains how beavers build and repair dams. Shows their sharp incisor teeth. Beavers build a canal across low ground to float logs to deep water. Reel 2 describes the characteristics of beaver musk. Vernon Bailey (inventor) shows how to use a wire case beaver trap. Explains how to distinguish male and female beavers. A man squats in the nest chamber of a beaver home. Scientists conduct experiments with the beaver at the National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C. Beavers dive at a warning splash of the tail. The animals comb their fur with their toes.

Collection

Records of the Extension Service

Series

Motion Picture Films