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How to harvest beaver castor

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"Harvesting beaver castor is a very delicate process. You must have a sharp knife, this is used for lure and other items."

Biolite Stove | Camping Gear

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Biolite campstove and charger. Does it work? Yes. Is it heavy? Yes. Will it last? No. Not as reliable as a Coleman, Primus or MSR burner

I always thought these things were basically scams, junk. I knew electronics and fire aren't a good mix, and the math didn't add up. And this proves it.

Does This Homemade Electric Mousetrap Work?

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This trap has some problems. For one, when the mouse touches the trap, the fur limits the the amount of current passed. Second, because this uses alternating current, every 120th of a second, the voltage drops to zero, which gives the mouse a chance to get away. Third, the initial shock is not lethal because most of the current doesn't pass through the heart. Moral of the story -- most modern electric mouse traps use direct current and an ever higher voltage to break down the resistance of the fur.

Simple Living Alaska – Beehive Update August 2019 | Keeping Honey Bees in Alaska

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I never seen those polystyrene bee hives before, but I can certainly understand the need for insuation in cold climates. I am sure they've been tested for styrene leaching out of the polystyrene, but still I have questions -- maybe not scientifically based. I know they're is a lot of concern on some quarters about styrene leaching into food, especially oily food. Plus how durable are they? Maybe I'm just old fashioned, luddite.

Parachuting beavers featured in ‘Fur For the Future,’ 1950s-era film

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In 1948, game warden and pilot Elmo Heter executed a plan years in the making to reintroduce beavers into the mountainous wilds of Idaho. His plan sounded simple, Idaho Fish & Wildlife professionals would work with skilled trappers to catch nuisance beavers from abundant areas adjacent to mankind, pack them into wooden crates, load them onto an airplane and, whilst tethered to a parachute, drop the sub-aquatic rodents into portions of the wilderness for reintroduction efforts. The crates would burst open on impact, freeing the furry engineers encased inside to roam the wilds of their new abode. "

In all, 76 beavers would complete the trip, with only one documented beaver fatality from the drop, which was due to a lashing failure allowing the beaver to exit the box in mid-air.

https://furbearerconservation.com/blog/2019/7/9/idahos-air-dropped-beavers-cage-trapped-muskrats-and-ear-tagged-marten