He is a vegetarian and eats bark of trees, aquatic plants and roots of plants. The beaver is the largest rodent in Europe and can be up to 1.40 meters long from head to flat scaled tail. Elze Polman of the Mammal Society walks with Eddy Zoëy on a dike near Amerongen Castle, an area where there are many beavers. Elze is fascinated by the beaver and has great respect for the special way in which they can shape the landscape to their will.
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