Matt Guziejka

Well, the opportunity just kind of came up. I was wrapping up my undergrad at Portland State University. Oh yeah, go Vikes. And the dean of graduate studies had an opening in his lab, and he's like, hey, you know, we have this beaver research. Do you want to be a part of it? Fully funded, fully paid. And prior to that, I had absolutely no knowledge of beavers whatsoever.

Well, the opportunity just kind of came up. I was wrapping up my undergrad at Portland State University. Oh yeah, go Vikes. And the dean of graduate studies had an opening in his lab, and he's like, hey, you know, we have this beaver research. Do you want to be a part of it? Fully funded, fully paid. And prior to that, I had absolutely no knowledge of beavers whatsoever.

And I said, yeah, let's fully fund it. Sure, why not? So I took the opportunity and ran with it.

And I said, yeah, let's fully fund it. Sure, why not? So I took the opportunity and ran with it.

Well, I think some interesting things about beavers is they are monogamous, so they just mate for life typically, which is something that is not very common in the animal kingdom. And interestingly enough, there's two different species of beavers. You have the American beaver.

Well, I think some interesting things about beavers is they are monogamous, so they just mate for life typically, which is something that is not very common in the animal kingdom. And interestingly enough, there's two different species of beavers. You have the American beaver.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yes. No, it's the same one. Castor canadidensis, which is Canada, canadidensis in that last part. And then you have the European beaver. And the interesting thing about the American beaver, it tends to cheat on its partner more than the European one. Oh, topical. Yeah, yeah.

Yes. No, it's the same one. Castor canadidensis, which is Canada, canadidensis in that last part. And then you have the European beaver. And the interesting thing about the American beaver, it tends to cheat on its partner more than the European one. Oh, topical. Yeah, yeah.

But going to your beef about like beavers and Canada and American beavers versus Canadian beavers, the interesting thing about Oregon, you know, we have the beaver on our state flag. It has Connecticut in its last name, so to speak. So it has that Canadian background. But Oregon, you know, we had beaver on our money in, I think, 1849. And Canada put beaver on their money in like 1920.

But going to your beef about like beavers and Canada and American beavers versus Canadian beavers, the interesting thing about Oregon, you know, we have the beaver on our state flag. It has Connecticut in its last name, so to speak. So it has that Canadian background. But Oregon, you know, we had beaver on our money in, I think, 1849. And Canada put beaver on their money in like 1920.

And then we embraced as a state, we embraced the beaver on the backside of our flag in 1925. So just when the Canadians are putting it on their money, right? And they didn't announce beaver as their national animal until the fucking 70s. So in a way, like Oregon is like the OG Canada, you know what I mean? So if we can get universal healthcare, that would be great.

And then we embraced as a state, we embraced the beaver on the backside of our flag in 1925. So just when the Canadians are putting it on their money, right? And they didn't announce beaver as their national animal until the fucking 70s. So in a way, like Oregon is like the OG Canada, you know what I mean? So if we can get universal healthcare, that would be great.

I feel so incredibly vindicated right now. Yeah, so the beaver on the back of the flag, which is the logo you have on the bottom left corner, that is kind of representing of the minting of the coin that Oregon had back in the fur trading days when there wasn't enough fur to go around. So they started to mint their own money to kind of pass out. And that is what was on the money.

I feel so incredibly vindicated right now. Yeah, so the beaver on the back of the flag, which is the logo you have on the bottom left corner, that is kind of representing of the minting of the coin that Oregon had back in the fur trading days when there wasn't enough fur to go around. So they started to mint their own money to kind of pass out. And that is what was on the money.

Didn't they try and kill a bunch of beavers? Oh, yeah. So, I mean, Oregon has gone back and forth with, you know, beaver issues and culling beavers. And, you know, the whole North America was built on fur trade, and the beavers were the number one hunted species.

Didn't they try and kill a bunch of beavers? Oh, yeah. So, I mean, Oregon has gone back and forth with, you know, beaver issues and culling beavers. And, you know, the whole North America was built on fur trade, and the beavers were the number one hunted species.

product so they were called a lot and then specifically in oregon they were just harvested a lot for their for their pelts and they get made hats out of them that was like high fashion back then kind of like big jeans now but you know have you ever heard of that term mad hatter i've heard of it you've heard it like alice in wonderland the mad hatter we have you know why you know why he was mad

product so they were called a lot and then specifically in oregon they were just harvested a lot for their for their pelts and they get made hats out of them that was like high fashion back then kind of like big jeans now but you know have you ever heard of that term mad hatter i've heard of it you've heard it like alice in wonderland the mad hatter we have you know why you know why he was mad