The beaver content you didn’t know you needed. ⁣ ⁣ Splish splash, I was taking a bath! The beaver (Castor canadensis) North America’s largest rodent. Adult beavers typically weigh 45 to 60 pounds, but have been known to grow to 100 pounds. Beaver fur consists of short fine hairs for warmth and longer hairs for waterproofing. Beavers, which spend so much of their time in the water, groom their fur coats whenever they waddle ashore. The beaver sits upright and uses its forepaws to shake water out of its ears. It may then scratch the hair on its head, rub its eyes, comb its whiskers, and scratch its belly. They have castor glands on the under side of their abdomen from which they can excrete an oily substance (castor) that they use in the grooming process, and to mark their territory. ⁣ ⁣ Video: Keep it clean, folks. A beaver sits near the river at Utah’s @zionnps and grooms its fur. NPS/Sloss⁣ ⁣ #ZionNationalPark #utah #wildlife #naturelover #splashsplash