http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784 Educational programs, games and more Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784&cpage=1#comment-562 nature Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:22:29 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784#comment-562 Thanks for all of your guesses! As many of you thought, this week’s specimen was from an American beaver (Castor canadensis). To learn more about beavers and see photos and videos of them, check out these websites:

• ARKive: American beaver
• National Geographic: Beaver
• North American Mammals: Castor canadensis

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784&cpage=1#comment-558 Anne Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:21:20 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784#comment-558 Capybara or nutria.

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784&cpage=1#comment-557 D. Furlong Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:34:32 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784#comment-557 North American Beaver, Castor canadensis).

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784&cpage=1#comment-556 Jeri Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:33:49 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784#comment-556 I believe its the jaw of a beaver.

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784&cpage=1#comment-555 Eric Knight Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:29:32 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784#comment-555 It’s a nutria!

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784&cpage=1#comment-554 mili Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:28:49 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784#comment-554 It’s rodent for sure, maybe beaver…

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784&cpage=1#comment-553 Ariane Trelaun Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:28:26 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784#comment-553 beaver!

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784&cpage=1#comment-552 Daniel Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:03:50 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=2784#comment-552 Is it…a beaver?

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