Alexis Broz on Instagram: "One of the biggest challenges with beavers in human care is that, just like us, they don’t automatically know what’s healthy for them. In the wild, a beaver learns what to eat by following their parents, copying what they chew, what they leave behind, and what’s safe. But for an orphan like Bo, she doesn’t have that guidance. So she experiments...sometimes nibbling on the right foods, other times going straight for plants that could actually harm her, like milkweed. Th

National Geographic on Instagram: "Beaver dams benefit the entire local ecosystem. From reducing potential flooding to storing more carbon, the benefits are so great that beavers are practically climate heroes—but they’ve long been under threat from humans. Learn more about these semi-aquatic rodents, their habitats, and the dangers they face at the link in bio."