I have had them swim up to within a couple feet before doing the slap.=20
That wakes you up in the night.
And not to be abused but baby beavers don't bite.
Rich
--- In "John Hartog"
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>
> Hi Jr,
> The smacking sound is a tail slap. It's like an alarm call. One
> beaver sensing danger will smack the water to warn the other beavers
> to be aware or take cover. Often one tail slap is answered by another
> beaver's slap elsewhere in the pond. What is amazing is how fast they
> can respond to one another from clear across the lake, to the point it
> is difficult to tell which one slapped first.
> I noticed in my recordings that intense periods of slapping often
> coincide with the periodic bouts of roars from trucks on the highway a
> mile away.
>
>
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