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Current North American beaver population is estimated to be in the range of 10 to 15 million.


Yes it's heartening to see the rebound but the population reaching as low as 100k will forever place a genetic hurdle on restoration efforts. Not to mention beavers have been found to be highly cultural animals with local nuances in social interactions and even how they build their dams. There are tons of skills that beavers pass down through culture rather than genetics that have already been lost


I don't know about that; 100K is still a pretty big population.


Yeah they have rebounded a lot and we should celebrate that.




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