😮 A beaver is a large, semi-aquatic rodent known for its remarkable ability to engineer its environment. It has a stout body, webbed hind feet for swimming, and a wide, flat tail used for balance, propulsion in the water, and communication through loud slaps on the surface. Beavers also have strong, ever-growing incisors that allow them to cut down trees and strip bark, which they use both for food and for building materials. Beavers are famous for constructing dams and lodges. Their dams slow