Here is a fun video from last night. ChewBarka sat up in the shallow water for a quick groom, and then headed to shore to quickly leave his scent. At the 1:13 mark of the video you can both see and hear him spray his scent on the ground. The scent spray is a mixture of urine and castoreum. #wildlifephotography #beavers #beaver | Mike’s photos and videos of beavers

TURN UP THE VOLUME if you want to hear a beaver squirt its scent spray. Beavers make scent mounds by placing mud and then spraying their scent on it. Their scent is a mixture of urine and castoreum, and they spray it out of their cloaca. You can hear the sound around 22 seconds in, and of course it sounds like a fart. #wildlifephotography #beavers | Mike’s photos and videos of beavers