Why BEAVERS Are The Smartest Thing In Fur Pants

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you ). Support your local PBS Member Station here: Leave it to beavers Dont miss our next video SUBSCRIBE More info and sources below Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We dont notice them much today because there arent many left, but before colonization, North America was home to hundreds of millions of these furry engineers. This week, we show you why Earths second largest rodent is more amazing than you ever knew, and why theyre the smartest thing in fur pants. Special thanks to Josh Cassidy from KQEDs Deep Look for joining me in Alaska and shooting this episode Filmed under a Special Use Permit on the Juneau Ranger District, Tongass National Forest Special thanks to Chuck Caldwell and Juneau Beaver Patrol READ MORE: Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver F