Rob Rich

So definitely not hairy. It is more scaly. So the beaver tail is really a fascinating part of their body in a lot of ways.

So definitely not hairy. It is more scaly. So the beaver tail is really a fascinating part of their body in a lot of ways.

So definitely not hairy. It is more scaly. So the beaver tail is really a fascinating part of their body in a lot of ways.

For one, it's used a little bit as a rudder as they're swimming through the water. And so it can help them steer a little bit. It's also important when they're propping up to chew down a tree or whatnot. And one of the most important functions of it, though, It's a very important alarm system as well.

For one, it's used a little bit as a rudder as they're swimming through the water. And so it can help them steer a little bit. It's also important when they're propping up to chew down a tree or whatnot. And one of the most important functions of it, though, It's a very important alarm system as well.

For one, it's used a little bit as a rudder as they're swimming through the water. And so it can help them steer a little bit. It's also important when they're propping up to chew down a tree or whatnot. And one of the most important functions of it, though, It's a very important alarm system as well.

You've probably either heard yourself or heard of beavers slapping their tail as they get alarmed by predator or potential threat or some other non-related beaver or some other concern in their environment. They will really have this impressive slap.

You've probably either heard yourself or heard of beavers slapping their tail as they get alarmed by predator or potential threat or some other non-related beaver or some other concern in their environment. They will really have this impressive slap.

You've probably either heard yourself or heard of beavers slapping their tail as they get alarmed by predator or potential threat or some other non-related beaver or some other concern in their environment. They will really have this impressive slap.

action on the water, and it is kind of jolting, and that is a warning to other beavers that there might be a threat around, and so they know how to respond to that. But the fourth one that's so important that the tail does is that it's very much a heat or a thermoregulation and heat storage, energy storage organ.

action on the water, and it is kind of jolting, and that is a warning to other beavers that there might be a threat around, and so they know how to respond to that. But the fourth one that's so important that the tail does is that it's very much a heat or a thermoregulation and heat storage, energy storage organ.

action on the water, and it is kind of jolting, and that is a warning to other beavers that there might be a threat around, and so they know how to respond to that. But the fourth one that's so important that the tail does is that it's very much a heat or a thermoregulation and heat storage, energy storage organ.

In the winter, that is the part of their body that becomes quite larger than it is in the summer. They have a lot of body fat, but they take on most of that in the winter and store it in their tail.

In the winter, that is the part of their body that becomes quite larger than it is in the summer. They have a lot of body fat, but they take on most of that in the winter and store it in their tail.

In the winter, that is the part of their body that becomes quite larger than it is in the summer. They have a lot of body fat, but they take on most of that in the winter and store it in their tail.

And so that is really important for one of the ways for them to keep warm in the winter. So the outside is very scaly, always black. And that has also been shown to have a unique signature. You can look at the tail. and tell individual beavers by their tail details, just like we can with a fingerprint on a human.

And so that is really important for one of the ways for them to keep warm in the winter. So the outside is very scaly, always black. And that has also been shown to have a unique signature. You can look at the tail. and tell individual beavers by their tail details, just like we can with a fingerprint on a human.

And so that is really important for one of the ways for them to keep warm in the winter. So the outside is very scaly, always black. And that has also been shown to have a unique signature. You can look at the tail. and tell individual beavers by their tail details, just like we can with a fingerprint on a human.

But then inside of the tail, it's just very thickly layered of white gelatinous kind of fat. And so all that fat is what's really important to further heat storage in the winter.

But then inside of the tail, it's just very thickly layered of white gelatinous kind of fat. And so all that fat is what's really important to further heat storage in the winter.