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Who knew a lone beaver can fell a sizable tree in only five minutes? Beavers prefer lumberjacking during the nighttime hours, their sharp beveled teeth — which never stop growing — perfectly suited for stripping away bark and slicing through tree trunks.

This beaver’s engineering feat was spotted along the banks of the Thornton River, just downstream from Sperryville.


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