Do you know about the beaver? 🦫

Sleep Tight Science - A Bedtime Science Show For Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode, you'll learn all about beavers! Discover how these skilled rodents shape their environment by building dams, lodges, and canals. Explore their unique adaptations—like waterproof fur, webbed feet, and ever-growing teeth—that help them thrive in water. You'll follow their life cycle from playful kits to hardworking adults, find out what's on their menu, and see how their underwater food storage helps them survive winter. Plus, learn how their engineering creates wetlands that support entire ecosystems! Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark --- Support Us 👉 Join Premium for AD FREE listening and extra bedtime stories! 👉 Sleep Tight Premium is now available in Apple Podcasts! 🎉 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts, or share our podcast with your friends. 📢 Have an interesting science topic you would like to investigate? Send us an email at [email protected] , and we may feature it in an upcoming show. --- About Sleep Tight Science We’ve got bedtime down to a (Sleep Tight) Science! Sleep Tight Science is an engaging bedtime show that makes science accessible and enjoyable for the whole family. Snuggle in and drift off to sleep while learning about science topics submitted by listeners! Designed for curious young minds (but simple enough for grown-ups to understand), Sleep Tight Science uses big words to answer big questions that kids wonder about, like why do we feel icky sometimes and how do our legs help us move? Learn something new about the natural world while drifting off to dreamland. Have an interesting science question or a topic you’re curious about? Email us at [email protected], and it might just be the focus of an upcoming episode! Dedicated to enhancing the health and happiness of children, Sleep Tight Media helps families replace bedtime struggles with bedtime snuggles. -- Made by Sheryl & Clark on Prince Edward Island 🇨🇦

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0:00.0	You're listening to Sleep Tight Science.
0:13.6	Did you know that beavers are actually rodents?
0:18.5	What?
0:19.7	And not just any rodents.
0:22.1	They are the second largest in the world, right after the Kappabara.
0:27.6	That's one giant mouse, though, with their webbed feet and paddle-like tails, they're definitely
0:35.0	better swimmers.
0:43.1	Yeah. they're definitely better swimmers. Hello, friends, and welcome back to Sleep Tight Science,
0:47.8	a bedtime show that answers your questions about science.
0:53.6	In this episode, we are going to learn about the beaver,
0:58.5	one of nature's most impressive builders.
1:02.9	These large, semi-aquatic rodents are found in North America and parts of Europe,
1:10.2	where they are famous for constructing dams,
1:13.6	lodges, and canals, completely transforming their environments.
1:19.6	In fact, beavers are second only to humans in their ability to shape landscapes,
1:28.1	creating entire ponds and wetlands that provide homes or many other species.
1:37.7	We have learned that two species of beaver are alive today.
1:43.5	The North American beaver, Castor Canadensis, and the Eurasian beaver, castor fiber.
1:53.8	Both belong to the ancient rodent family Castoradi, which once included giant beavers the size of small bears.
2:05.8	Today's beavers may not be that big, however, they are still the largest rodents in North America
2:13.4	and the second largest in the world, after the Capabara of South America.
2:20.3	An adult beaver can grow up to 1.3 meters or 4 feet long,
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