Beavers generally eat product from deciduous trees, and usually will only eat coniferous tree products if there is a shortage of preferable food. But about once a year I see a beaver eating needles from a coniferous tree even when there seems to be lots of their regular foods to choose from. I have heard people speculate that they might do this for medicinal benefits, or for some type of vitamins or other nutritional needs that they are lacking in their diet. It’s also possible that it is simply

Beavers are herbivores. In addition to the leaves, twigs, cambium and soft bark they eat from trees, beavers eat a wide variety of soft vegetation when it is available. The beaver family I followed loved to eat quack grass along the sidewalk in the summer, even if it meant tolerating cyclists zooming by. #beavers #animals #wildlife | Mike’s photos and videos of beavers

6.8K views · 1.4K reactions | Here is a quick video of a beaver snacking on a pretty purple flowering plant this summer. I don’t know what this plant is called, but my furry herbivore friends really enjoyed it when it was flowering. Does anyone know this plant? #wildlifephotography #beavers #beaver | Mike’s photos and videos of beavers | Facebook