Beaver Spotted In New York City

Beavers grace New York City's official seal. But the industrious rodents have not been seen in the flesh there for as many as 200 years — until this week. Biologists videotaped a beaver swimming up the Bronx River on Wednesday. Its twig-and-mud lodge had been spotted earlier on the river bank, but the tape confirmed the presence of the animal itself.

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