Beavers Are Thriving All Over Britain

Good Morning! Let’s start this week on a high note and look at some Good News from all around the world. We have a baby boom of beavers happening in Britain right now, we have Florida restoring the Everglades by building a giant man-made lake, and we have an all-new algae-based gel that can stop severe bleeding in a matter of seconds. Read on for more!

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Beavers Are Starting To Thrive All Over Britain

• Beavers nearly went extinct in Medieval times

• Britain reintroducing beavers to help curb flooding

• A current baby boom is strengthening their numbers

Beavers are nature’s little dam engineers. They build and create little pools in streams and rivers to help them hide from predators, store food and freely move around in. These beaver dams, in turn, help reduce flooding as the built wooden structures hamper water from gushing through, flowing downstream and potentially flooding a nearby community.

Back in the 16th century, the beavers of the United Kingdom were hunted and killed for their fur and meat to the point of near extinction. In 2022, the U.K. kicked off an initiative to reintroduce beavers into fenced areas around the U.K. as part of a natural flood-management project. Almost 18 months later, a baby beaver — called a kit — was photographed in London for the first time in around 400 years. Now, there’s a beaver baby boom happening all over Britain! The current numbers estimate that, right now, there are about 1,500 beavers in Scotland and up to 800 in England.

A five-year study done in Devon, England, showed that beavers are beneficial to both people and wildlife. Beavers are great at filtering pollution from water and keeping their dams clean, and there were up to 37% more fish found in these beaver pools than before. Beaver dams have shown to be great habitats for a variety of wildlife including frogs and birds, making them excellent eco-warriors as they naturally bring biodiversity back to these wetlands they create. 

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