This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
Brain Teaser Question
How many outs are in an inning of baseball?
(answer found at the end of this post)
Featured Facts
One of the most curious animals to study is the American Beaver. They are the largest member of the North American rodent family.
Here are some quick facts about the beaver:
- Habitat: Streams and lakes throughout the U.S. and Canada
- Body Length: 2 to 3.5 feet
- Tail Length: 10-18 inches
- Weight: 25-65 pounds (females are generally a bit bigger than males)
A group of beavers is called a colony, and their offspring are called kits. A beaver’s diet consists of inner bark, twigs, leaves, grasses, and water plants.
Beavers have adapted quite well to their watery habitat. They are excellent swimmers because of webbed feet and a large, flat leathery paddle-like tail. Most can swim about five miles per hour. They are able to remain underwater without breathing for nearly 15 minutes.
Beavers are excellent engineers as evidenced by their precision-built dams and lodges, which become their homes. Equipped with sharp incisor teeth that can easily cut through tree trunks, they build with logs, sticks, and mud.
Photos courtesy of Pinterest.
Answer to Brain Teaser Question
Six
You may have thought there were three outs, but there are two teams that play in an inning. So there are six outs.
Big Sky Buckeye 
Yay! I got the brain teaser, probably because of my baseball fanatic husband, but I got it! And the beaver really does look a lot like a big rat, doesn’t it?
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Congratulations Vickie! As for the beaver, one does look like a huge rat. Of course, I’ve never seen a rat in person.
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I saw one when I was a child and one got into our main bathroom. Daddy was in there trying to kill it with his boot when I peeked in at what the noise was all about. I remember the ferocious face and the hair sticking up (black). I was terrified! I am afraid of mice, too, but that rat gave me nightmares for years.
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Two teams, one inning, six outs! And those beavers are darned cute!
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Linda, thanks for sharing your results. There used to be a beaver dam at one of the nature parks that I frequent. I need to see if any have begun to rebuild it.
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got me, I thought 3x and you’re out … forgot about the other side 🙂
Fascinating info about beavers … we do metric over here so took me a while to understand your measurements …
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Kate, I appreciate your comment about measurements. I should consider adding metric to the English units. I need to check a beaver dam at a nearby nature park to see if any eager beavers are rebuilding it.
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how exciting, I expect photos please?
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