Beaver sighted in Detroit River; first in 75 years!

[Newsbot]

DETROIT – Wildlife officials are celebrating the sighting of a beaver in the Detroit River for the first time in decades, signaling that efforts to clean up the waterway are paying off.

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The Detroit Free Press reports that a beaver lodge has been discovered in an intake canal at a Detroit Edison riverfront plant. Officials believe the beaver spotted by the utility's motion-sensitive camera marks the animal's return to the river for the first time in at least 75 years.

Photos and video were taken in November, but Detroit Edison didn't want to release them because they are totally NSFW.

[vynsane]

i would think it was too cold this time of year for skinny-dipping in the detroit river...

pcs plz.

[Diabolical]

This was the only Beaver I know of in Detroit.
And yes, this is a very real sign.



Here is the Yahoo! story and pic about the beaver mentioned above.

[vynsane]

Here is the Yahoo! story and pic about the beaver mentioned above.

shit that's hawt.

[mabudon]

over the past 2 years beavers came back to this local river after several decades of being locally extinct, unfortunately near where a lot of rich people live. They didn't like how trees would get chopped down so our city council is killing the damn beavers off, it kinda sucks

[Double_G]

So...many...jokes!